SpaceX Crew-1

SpaceX Crew-1   (also known as USCV-1 or simply Crew-1)  was a spaceflight in 2021 and 2022. It was the first crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

The Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience was expected to launch on October 31, 2020, on a Falcon 9 from the Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A. The launch was postponed due to bad weather and was eventually launched on November 15.

It carried NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker along with JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, all members of the Expedition 64 crew.  The mission is the second overall crewed orbital flight of the Crew Dragon,  pending the certification of the vehicle.

Crew

Mission
The Resilience space capsule will dock at the ISS after launch, where the astronauts will stay for about 6 months before returning back to earth.

Timeline
Mission TimeUTC TimeDate (UTC)InformationT+00:00:0000:27:1516 November2020Rocket launches from the groundT+00:02:3700:29:52The first set of engines are turned off (MECO)T+00:02:4000:29:55The Falcon 9 separates the bottom stage from the second stageT+00:02:4800:30:03The engines on the second stage startT+00:08:5000:36:05The second stage engines are turned off (SECO-1)T+00:09:2900:36:44The first stage lands on a floating landing site.T+00:12:0300:39:18Crew Dragon separates from the second stage

References

Category:2020 in the United States
Category:2020s in spaceflight
Category:October 2020 events
Category:November 2020 events