TMinusZero
Loading
Preparing the latest launch data.
Launch Detail
Loading launch detail
Pulling launch timing, vehicle context, weather signals, and mission evidence.
Launch detail
SpaceX • Falcon 9 Block 5 • Launch Complex 39A (FL)
SpaceX • Falcon 9 Block 5 • LC-39A
Demo-2 was Crew Dragon’s first flight with astronauts aboard. After weather stopped the May 27, 2020 launch attempt, Falcon 9 launched Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley from Kennedy Space Center on May 30. They docked with the International Space Station on May 31, tested Crew Dragon and worked with the station crew. Their spacecraft, Endeavour, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on August 2, 2020, at 18:48 UTC, completing the flight test.
Stream links and embedded coverage.
Premium keeps the launch-by-launch change log visible so you can review slips, window edits, and status changes without waiting for an error-driven upgrade prompt.
Free-to-share photography matched to this launch. Tap a photo to view it at full resolution.
DM-2 NASA Mission Patch
DM-2 SpaceX Mission PatchEnhanced forecast insights (select launches).
Premium adds the higher-signal weather shell for select Eastern Range launches, including the extra launch criteria and fast-read risk rows.
Provider, rocket, pad, and booster history tied to this launch.
Core-level mission cadence associated with this launch.
Demo-2 was Crew Dragon’s first flight with astronauts aboard. After weather stopped the May 27, 2020 launch attempt, Falcon 9 launched Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley from Kennedy Space Center on May 30. They docked with the International Space Station on May 31, tested Crew Dragon and worked with the station crew. Their spacecraft, Endeavour, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on August 2, 2020, at 18:48 UTC, completing the flight test.
Open the launch pad in Google Maps satellite mode using the pad coordinates.
Demo-2 was Crew Dragon’s first flight with astronauts aboard. After weather stopped the May 27, 2020 launch attempt, Falcon 9 launched Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley from Kennedy Space Center on May 30. They docked with the International Space Station on May 31, tested Crew Dragon and worked with the station crew. Their spacecraft, Endeavour, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on August 2, 2020, at 18:48 UTC, completing the flight test.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Douglas G. Hurley
Robert L. Behnken
0103ce723f76d9866a1f6ad3a4507ff9f372269f76c37e8fec8d391757c98bf2Linked via Spaceflight News API (SNAPI).
ArticlePresident Donald Trump speaks inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mi...
ArticleOn behalf of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris awarded former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken the Congressional Space Medal...
Launch-stage and landing context surfaced from LL2 when it exists.
Booster first flown during the DEMO-2 mission. Only booster featuring the NASA worm logo. Written off after toppled by rough seas during transport on 25 December 2023 after safely landing aboard JRTI.
Crew Dragon 6 is the Crew Dragon spacecraft launched on the SpaceX DM-2 demonstration mission to the ISS.
B1058 has successfully landed on ASDS OCISLY.
Crew Dragon Endeavour successfully splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley after 6 months on the ISS. The capsule was recovered by recovery vessel GO Navigator (now known as Shannon).
