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NASA sets Oct. 23 as target launch date for first operational Crew Dragon mission
The first operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts aboard is set to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than Oct. 23, following a formal certification review to assess data from the Crew Dragon's two-man test flight that concluded earlier this month, NASA said Friday.
Safety panel concerned about quality control on Boeing crew capsule
Members of NASA's independent panel of aerospace safety advisors raised concerns last week about quality control problems that "seemingly have plagued" Boeing's Starliner crew capsule program, while urging NASA to closely monitor SpaceX's plans to reuse Crew Dragon spaceships on astronaut flights to the International Space Station.
Astronauts gear up for Friday spacewalk amid planning for August Crew Dragon return
Space station commander Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken plan to float outside Friday for the first of up to four spacewalks needed to complete the replacement of aging batteries in the lab’s solar power system. NASA managers hope to get the work done in time for Behnken and crewmate Douglas Hurley to return to Earth aboard their Crew Dragon capsule by around Aug. 2, officials said Wednesday.
NASA agrees to fly astronauts on reused Crew Dragon spacecraft
NASA has agreed to allow its astronauts to fly on reused Crew Dragon spaceships and Falcon 9 boosters beginning as soon as SpaceX's third launch of a crew to the International Space Station, a mission expected to launch next year.
Astronauts say riding Falcon 9 rocket was “totally different” from the space shuttle
Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken say SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was a "very pure flying machine" as it sped their Crew Dragon spaceship into orbit, but they said they were surprised by the rougher-than-expected ride on the Falcon 9's powerful upper stage.
Photos: SpaceX’s first crewed mission launches from pad 39A
This collection of images from NASA and SpaceX photographers shows the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifting off on top of a Falcon 9 rocket May 30.
SpaceX’s reusable Falcon booster returns to port after crew launch
Almost exactly three days after taking off a few miles to the north at the Kennedy Space Center on SpaceX's historic first crew launch, a 15-story-tall Falcon rocket booster returned to Florida's Space Coast Tuesday aboard a football field-sized drone ship.
Photos: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon blast off from pad 39A
SpaceX's first human-rated Crew Dragon spacecraft took off Saturday from historic launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, launching NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on the first piloted orbital space mission from a U.S. spaceport in nearly a decade.
Making history, astronauts ride commercial capsule to space station
A Crew Dragon spaceship built and owned by SpaceX glided to an automated docking with the International Space Station Sunday, delivering NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the orbiting research complex after a trouble-free 19-hour flight from the Kennedy Space Center.
Watch the astronauts give a tour of their new Crew Dragon spacecraft
Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken give a video tour of their new SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft as they close in on a docking with the International Space Station on May 31, 2020.