Crew Dragon First Flight. Flight stages for today's @SpaceX Crew Dragon launch per @NASA. written by Chris Gebhardt January 22, 2019.

They were launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket aboard their SpaceX designed and built Crew Dragon. This was the final major flight test of the spacecraft before it begins carrying astronauts to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA is currently planning to return astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to Earth on board SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft in about two weeks, the space agency told CNBC on Friday. Both the Crew Dragon model and the Falcon 9 first stage are reusable. NASA and SpaceX are preparing for the company’s first operational flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket after certification, carrying NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the International Space Station for a full duration mission. NASA TV. As Demo-2 was considered a test flight… NASA announces test flight crew change for Boeing’s Starliner . NASA launches, landings, and events. NASA has added more safety fixes for Boeing's space capsule before it can fly astronauts following a pair of close calls during last year's test flight. SpaceX NASA crew dock after 'slick' flight. Watch live broadcasts from NASA Television and NASA's social media channels, and a schedule of upcoming live events including news briefings, launches and landings. NASA and SpaceX completed a launch escape demonstration of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket Sunday.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule splashed into the Atlantic Ocean after completing its test flight for NASA. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon stands at Launch Complex 39A.

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, foreground, and Douglas Hurley, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Demo-2 mission launch, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi are training for the Crew-1 mission.

Reuters Videos • May 31, 2020 "The Dragon was a slick vehicle, we had good air flow, we had an excellent evening, and we're just excited to be back in low earth orbit again," Behnken said, after he was asked by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine if they got any sleep and how the flight was. SpaceX and NASA’s historic Crew Dragon launch has been postponed due to poor weather conditions. Victor Glover; A U.S. Navy Commander Victor Glover is from Pomona, California. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule has been docked at the International Space Station (ISS) since its historic first crewed launch in May, but it’s getting ready to make its return trip.

For this second astronaut launch since 2011, NASA has chosen a crew of four, twice the size of the test-flight crew launched in May. Expedition 63 Commander Christopher Cassidy and Joint Operations Commander Robert Behnken, both NASA astronauts, ventured outside the International Space …