Chair of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Rep. Kendra Horn (OK-05), made the following statement.
“I’d like to congratulate SpaceX and NASA on successfully carrying out this critical, uncrewed test flight. Falcon 9 and the Crew Dragon’s success brought us one step closer to again having the ability to launch humans from American soil. It strengthened NASA’s growing experience with public-private partnerships. It is vital that as a nation we provide the safest and most reliable transportation for our astronauts. The flight also demonstrated the collaboration between NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, the International Space Station team, and SpaceX’s launch team. The events of the past week would not have been possible without that teamwork. I look forward to following the progress toward the crewed demonstration flight, and the eventual re-launch of our astronauts from the U.S.”