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HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- On Monday, August 13, 2018 SpaceX hosted an event honoring the first crews who will fly on the NewSpace company's Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. Robert Behnken, Douglas Hurley, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins were on hand, along with SpaceX's Garrett Reismann and the company's COO and President, Gwynne Shotwell. The company provided numerous details and access to the spacecraft, its systems as well as the spacesuit tasked with these critical first flights. SpaceX is working under a $2.6 billion contract to send personnel to and from the orbiting laboratory. Photos courtesy: Matthew Kuhns