Elon Musk reveals first SpaceX passenger to the International Space Station

SpaceX will send a spacesuit-clad crash test dummy to the International Space Station as part of a trial flight for its Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission will take place on 2 March and will also deliver supplies to crew aboard the ISS. An array of sensors built into the mannequin's suit will help provide key data ahead of the first human passengers going aboard the capsule later this year. Nasa plans to send astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley into space in April using the Crew Dragon, with a further two scheduled to launch later this year. It will mark the return of human space flight capability to the United States for the first time since the Space Shuttle Program was retired in 2011.