The spacecraft used to transport astronauts from Earth to and from the International Space Station (ISS) is the Dragon spacecraft, which is designed and operated by SpaceX. The Dragon spacecraft is capable of carrying both NASA and commercial astronauts to destinations in low-Earth orbit, the Moon, and beyond. It is designed to carry up to 7 passengers to and from Earth orbit and beyond. The spacecraft is capable of carrying up to 6,000 kgs / 13,228 lbs of cargo to the ISS and returning 3,000 kgs / 6,614 lbs of cargo back to Earth. The Dragon spacecraft establishes relative navigation to the ISS and arrives along the docking axis, initiating an autonomous approach. It performs final approach and docks with the ISS, followed by pressurization, hatch open, and crew ingress.