SpaceX Crew-1


SpaceX Crew-1 will be the first crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the second overall crewed orbital flight. The mission will launch in late September 2020, pending the outcome of the SpaceX Demo-2 mission, and will transport four members of the Expedition 64 crew to the International Space Station.

Crew

and Victor J. Glover were announced as the crew on 3 August 2018. A Japanese astronaut, Soichi Noguchi, and a third NASA astronaut, Shannon Walker, were added on 31 March 2020 to the crew.

Mission

The first operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program, originally designated "USCV-1" by NASA, was initially announced in November 2012, with a launch date set for November 2016. In late March/April 2013, it was announced that the launch would be delayed by one year to November 2017. As of June 2020, the mission is now expected to launch in late September 2020. The Crew Dragon spacecraft serial number C207, will dock to the International Docking Adapter on the Harmony module. The mission involves four crew members; in preparation for the launch, NASA and Roscosmos officials designated a backup Soyuz spacecraft.

Preparations

The Falcon 9 for the Crew-1 mission arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida on 14 July 2020.