There are several types of spacecraft that have been used to transport astronauts, including:

• Space Shuttle: The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA from 1981 to 2011. It was designed to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft and to glide to a runway landing on its return to Earths surface.

• Soyuz spacecraft: The Soyuz spacecraft is a Russian spacecraft that has been used to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011. It is the only spacecraft to have successfully saved the lives of a crew using the rocket launch escape system.

• Crew Dragon: The Crew Dragon is a reusable orbital spacecraft developed by SpaceX that has been used to transport astronauts to and from the ISS since 2020.

• Orion: Orion is NASAs new spacecraft, built to take humans farther into space than theyve ever gone before. It will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew and provide.

Overall, spacecraft used to transport astronauts must have a breathable atmosphere, be temperature-regulated, and be pressurized to support human life for the human spaceflight portion of the mission.