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SpaceX Crew-1 →. Crew Dragon Demo-2 (officially Crew Demo-2, SpaceX Demo-2, or Demonstration Mission-2) [a] was the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. The spacecraft, named Endeavour, launched on 30 May 2020 [7][11][12] on a Falcon 9 rocket, and carried NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International ...
On May 30, 2020, SpaceX launched two NASA astronauts (Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken) into orbit on a Crew Dragon spacecraft during SpaceX Demo-2, making SpaceX the first private company to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and marking the first crewed launch from American soil in 9 years.
The original launch was postponed to 30 May 2020 due to weather conditions at the launch site. [106] The second launch attempt was successful, with capsule C206, later named Endeavour by the crew, launching on 30 May 2020 19:22 UTC. [107] [108] The capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station on 31 May 2020 at 14:27 UTC.
Watch below for the SpaceX launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, scheduled for 3:22 p.m. ET on May 30. Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will be the first astronauts ...
Falcon 9 Block 5 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. It is the fifth major version of the Falcon 9 family and the third version of the Falcon 9 Full Thrust. [8][9] It is powered by Merlin 1D engines burning rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) and ...
[10]: 17 SpaceX launched the first 60 satellites of the constellation in May 2019 into a 450 km (280 mi) orbit and expected up to six launches in 2019 at that time, with 720 satellites (12 × 60) for continuous coverage in 2020. [11] In August 2019, SpaceX expected four more launches in 2019 [12] and at least nine launches in 2020, [13] but ...
On 30 May 2020, the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission was launched to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, the first time a crewed vehicle had launched from the U.S. since 2011, and the first SpaceX commercial crewed launch to the ISS. [254]
List of SpaceX launches. List of SpaceX launches may refer to: List of Falcon 1 launches, SpaceX's retired first launch vehicle. List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches, SpaceX's current operational launch vehicles. List of SpaceX Starship flight tests. Categories: