The aerospace company SpaceX, led by founder and CEO Elon Musk, is currently about a month away from launching its first commercial crew mission. SpaceX is one of two companies in the NASA Commercial Crew Program that intends to take astronauts to the International Space Station, with the other participating company being Boeing.

The launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, which was originally scheduled for Jan. 7, and pushed to Jan. 17, was pushed again and is now confirmed to be sometime in February. This flight is important in that it is the first manned flight into space since 2011, and 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the landing of the Apollo 11, the craft that took the first men to the moon.

The delay was rumored to be partially a result of the government shutdown, which furloughed approximately 95% of NASA’s workforce, though this is not confirmed.

On Thursday, Jan. 3, the Crew Dragon craft along with its accompanying Falcon 9 rocket, was rolled to pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, called Demo-1 by the agencies working on it, is still in the process of having hardware testing and joint reviews completed.

Musk described the early test flights of the Crew Dragon as “especially dangerous, as there’s a lot of new hardware.”However, the SpaceX founder has tweeted pictures of the new craft with a new crew walkway attached to it, indicating a high level of excitement on the part of the companies.

This first test flight will not have any humans aboard, as the two contractors—SpaceX and Boeing— are required to successfully fly uncrewed spacecraft on the planned route before they can continue with the manned missions.

If all goes well, SpaceX has been eyeing June as a possible month for its crewed demonstration flight, while Boeing has targeted March for an uncrewed mission on its Starliner spacecraft and August for a crewed one. Demo-2, the launch that will contain astronauts, will transport astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station. The Starliner will carry Eric Boe, Nicole Aunapu Mann, and Chris Ferguson.

The flight of the Crew Dragon will mark the first flight of a privately-built, crewed spacecraft to take NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. The new date has not been confirmed, but this will happen once SpaceX coordinates with the Eastern Range and the International Space Station.