27 May 2020
SpaceX historic Demo-2 launch delayed by weather
... liquid oxygen for the 1st and 2nd stages of the Falcon 9 rocket were loaded on aboard. However as Demo-2 was scheduled as an instantaneous launch, it meant there was no room to postpone until later, not even 5 minutes later...
13 April 2020
Russia to cut launch rates after price war with SpaceX
...takes to the skies with its first crewed flight, known as Demo 2, which is planned for launch in May 2020. The ...test flight occurred in March 2019, and pending a successful Demo-2 test, astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover Jr, Shannon Walker...
13 November 2020
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission gets ready for launch tomorrow
.... Crew-1 is SpaceX’s second crewed trip to the ISS - the first being its Demo-2 mission back in May. Aptly named for its purpose, Demo-2 served as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX's crew transportation system. Its occupants, veteran...
04 August 2018
First NASA Commercial Crew revealed
... Flight Test has been completed successfully. SpaceX has said that its uncrewed flight test, named Demo-1, will be ready by November this year. Its crewed flight will launch Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley...
22 April 2019
Anomaly during SpaceX test could delay its first crewed flight
... year, before returning to Earth and splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast. The DM-1 (Demo-1) had been planned for an inflight abort test later this year, which would have tested if its...
30 May 2020
An historic day for US spaceflight as Crew Dragon launches successfully
... commercial crew capabilities are routinely available. A possibility that is now within reach after the successful end to Demo-2; the final major step required by SpaceX's Crew Dragon, in order to get certified by Nasa's Commercial Crew Programme...
