--- title: "SpaceX Is Launching a Bunch of NASA Astronauts to Space on 4/20" description: "SpaceX's long-awaited Crew-4 mission, previously scheduled for April 19, is now slated for April 20, a day with particular significance to CEO Elon Musk." date: "2022-03-31" modified: "2022-03-31" authors: - name: "Jon Christian" job_title: "Executive Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-nasa-astronauts-launch-date" categories: - "NASA" - "Space" - "SpaceX" tags: - "elon musk" - "NASA" - "SpaceX" - "the digest" --- # SpaceX Is Launching a Bunch of NASA Astronauts to Space on 4/20 ![SpaceX's long-awaited Crew-4 mission, previously scheduled for April 19, is now slated for April 20, a day with particular significance to CEO Elon Musk.]() *\Image: SpaceX/Getty Images/Futurism\* ## High Altitude Lots of people will be blasting off on April 20, but if all goes according to plan, four NASA astronauts will be getting particularly high — off the surface of the Earth, that is, on the long journey to the International Space Station. That's because SpaceX's long-awaited Crew-4 mission, previously scheduled for April 19, is [now slated for April 20](), a day with particular significance to CEO Elon Musk. ## Hallowed Day NASA Commercial Crew program manager Steve Stich [quipped that]() Crew-4 would be a "4-4-4" mission, launching NASA's fourth SpaceX crew mission with a fourth booster in the fourth month of the year. What went unsaid is that 4/20 is probably more noteworthy, in the minds of much of the public but also that of Musk, who has long demonstrated a fondness for that [particular weed-affiliated number](). There was the time he [threatened to bring Tesla private]() at $420 per share, for instance. Or the occasion, a bit later on, when he commemorated Tesla stock hitting that particular price with a [very particular choice of words](). Or when it emerged that two rocket engines [were positioned on a SpaceX Starship prototype]() in a way that just so happened to spell "420" — before, that is, Musk [winkingly said]() the arrangement was a "total coincidence." And now it looks like SpaceX will be sending a crew of astronauts to space on this most auspicious of days. Surely just another coincidence, though! **More on Elon Musk:** [*We Must Live in a Horrid Simulation, Because Joe Rogan Just Offered to Train Elon Musk to Fight Vladimir Putin*]() ## Author I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()