[TRENDING: Dragon riders: Meet the next astronauts to launch from Florida with SpaceX]The astronauts have named their Dragon capsule Resilience given all the challenges of 2020: coronavirus and social isolation, civil unrest and a particularly difficult election and campaign season.
They have been in quarantine for a week and taking safety precautions — masks and social distancing — long before that.The four will remain in orbit until spring when their replacements arrive aboard another SpaceX Dragon capsule.