Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
19:22:45
Saturday May 30, 2020
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SpaceX's first crewed mission. First American crewed flight since 2011.
NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken launched aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The launch was a demonstration mission to certify SpaceX for regular crew rotation missions to the International Space Station. After a 19 hour coast, Crew Dragon “Endeavour” arrived at and docked to PMA-2, located on the Harmony Module on the US side of the International Space Station. SpaceX Demo-2 docked to the IDA-2 port of the Harmony module of the International Space Station on 31/05/2020 at 14:27 UTC. Its stay was 62 days and was undocked on 01/08/2020 at 23:35 UTC. It splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on 02/08/2020 at 18:48 UTC. This marked the first time crew splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, and the first crew splashdown in 45 years.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$69.75 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,800 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
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