Crew Dragon Demo-2
crewed demonstration flight operated by SpaceX on behalf of NASA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SpaceX Demo-2[7][8] (also referred to as SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2,[9] or Demo-2[10]) was the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, from the company SpaceX.[11] It launched on 30 May 2020 at 19:22:45 UTC (3:22:45 PM EDT). It is heading to the International Space Station.
Names | Crew Demo-2 Dragon Crew Demo-2 NASA Demo-2 SpaceX Demo-2 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | |
COSPAR ID | 2020-033A |
SATCAT no. | 45623 |
Mission duration | 63 days, 23 hours and 25 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 12,519 kg (27,600 lb)[1] |
Landing mass | 9,616 kg (21,200 lb)[1] |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 30 May 2020, 19:22:45 UTC[2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1058.1) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | GO Navigator |
Landing date | 2 August 2020, 18:48:06 UTC [3] |
Landing site | Gulf of Mexico |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[2] |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony PMA-2[4] |
Docking date | 31 May 2020, 14:27 UTC[5][6] |
Undocking date | 1 August 2020, 23:35 UTC |
Time docked | 62 days, 9 hours and 8 minutes |
NASA (left) and SpaceX (right) insignia Behnken (left) and Hurley (right) Commercial Crew Development ← SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test ← SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test |
It was originally scheduled for 27 May 2020 at 20:33:33 UTC (4:33:33 PM EDT), but was stopped 16 minutes before take-off due to Tropical Storm Bertha.
Demo-2 is the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since the final Space Shuttle mission, STS-135, in 2011, on which Douglas G. Hurley was the pilot.
Hurley was commander on Crew Dragon Demo-2, joined by Robert L. Behnken as joint operations commander.
Crew Dragon Demo-2 is also the first two-person orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since STS-4 in 1982.