It has become tradition for the first astronauts to fly on a U.S. commercial crew vehicle to have the honor of naming it. In this case, SpaceX's Crew-10 had originally been assigned to launch aboard the new capsule (referred to previously by its SpaceX serial number,

SpaceX’s fifth and final Crew Dragon spacecraft finally made it off the ground on a private astronaut mission for Axiom Space.

The two-week mission, chartered by Houston-based Axiom Space, is the fourth privately financed flight to the International Space Station.