Crew Dragon Demo-2

SpaceX Demo-2^[7][8] (also referred to as SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2,^[9] or Demo-2^[10]) was the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, from the company SpaceX.^[11] It launched on 30 May 2020 at 19:22:45 UTC (3:22:45 PM EDT). It was heading to the International Space Station.

Demo-2

Names	Crew Demo-2 Dragon Crew Demo-2 NASA Demo-2 SpaceX Demo-2
Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	SpaceX NASA (customer)
COSPAR ID	2020-033A
SATCAT no.	45623
Mission duration	63 days, 23 hours and 25 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Crew Dragon Endeavour
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Launch mass	12,519 kg (27,600 lb)[1]
Landing mass	9,616 kg (21,200 lb)[1]
Crew
Crew size	2
Members	Douglas G. Hurley Robert L. Behnken
Start of mission
Launch date	30 May 2020, 19:22:45 UTC[2]
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1058.1)
Launch site	Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A
Contractor	SpaceX
End of mission
Recovered by	GO Navigator
Landing date	2 August 2020, 18:48:06 UTC [3]
Landing site	Gulf of Mexico
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit[2]
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Inclination	51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Harmony PMA-2[4]
Docking date	31 May 2020, 14:27 UTC[5][6]
Undocking date	1 August 2020, 23:35 UTC
Time docked	62 days, 9 hours and 8 minutes
NASA (left) and SpaceX (right) insignia Behnken (left) and Hurley (right) Commercial Crew Development ← SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test Boeing OFT 2 →   Crew Dragon flights ← SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test SpaceX Crew-1 →

It was originally scheduled for 27 May 2020 at 20:33:33 UTC (4:33:33 PM EDT), but was stopped 16 minutes before take-off due to Tropical Storm Bertha.

Demo-2 is the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since the final Space Shuttle mission, STS-135, in 2011, on which Douglas G. Hurley was the pilot.

Hurley was commander on Crew Dragon Demo-2, joined by Robert L. Behnken as joint operations commander.

Crew Dragon Demo-2 is also the first two-person orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since STS-4 in 1982.