Crew Dragon Demo-2 facts for kids
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| Names | Crew Demo-2 Dragon Crew Demo-2 NASA Demo-2 SpaceX Demo-2 |
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| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | |
| Mission duration | 63 days, 23 hours and 25 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon C206 Endeavour |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Launch mass | 12,519 kg (27,600 lb) |
| Landing mass | 9,616 kg (21,200 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 30 May 2020, 19:22:45 UTC |
| 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 |
| Landing site | Gulf of Mexico |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony PMA-2 |
| Docking date | 31 May 2020, 14:27 UTC |
| 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
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SpaceX Demo-2 (also referred to as SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2, or Demo-2) is the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It launched on 30 May 2020 at 19:22:45 UTC (3:22:45 PM EDT). It is heading to the International Space Station.
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 bad weather.
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 is be spacecraft 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.
Images for kids
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine greet Behnken and Hurley at Kennedy, while wearing face masks and practicing social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SpaceX DM-2 Promotional Poster
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Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump watch the Crew Dragon Demo-2 Falcon 9 rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center.
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See also
In Spanish: Crew Dragon Demo-2 para niños
