Demo 2 Mission

  • Elon Musk's company SpaceX and NASA are working toward a May 27 launch date for Demo-2, which will send astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to and from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Crew Dragon capsule.
  • SpaceX is flying Demo-2 under a contract the company signed with NASA's Commercial Crew Program in 2014. That deal also covers six operational missions to and from the ISS, which SpaceX can begin flying after Demo-2 wraps up.
  • The upcoming mission will be the first orbital human spaceflight to launch from American soil since NASA's space shuttle fleet retired in 2011. But it won't ....
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