Launch from Cape Canaveral (
KSC).
ISS
Expedition 63. The
first launch attempt, on May 27, 2020 was scrubbed due to unfavorable weather
conditions.
Crew Dragon Endeavour splashed down 71 km
southsouthwest of Pensacola in Florida.
The
SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket
from historic Launch Complex 39A at
NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is
SpaceX's final test flight of
NASA's Commercial Crew Program and will provide data
on the performance of the Falcon 9 rocket,
Crew Dragon spacecraft and ground systems, as well as
in-orbit, docking and landing operations. The test flight also will provide
valuable data toward
NASA certifying
SpaceX's crew transportation system for regular
flights carrying astronauts to and from the space station.
SpaceX currently is readying the hardware for the
first rotational mission,
Crew-1, which
would happen after data from this mission is reviewed for
NASA's certification.
The
Crew Dragon docked to the space station at 14:16
UTC on May 31, 2020. With docking to the International
Space Station Douglas
Hurley and Robert
Behnken became
Flight Engineers of
Expedition
63.
Robert
Behnken and Douglas
Hurley contributed more than 100 hours to scientific
experiments and participated in numerous public engagement events during their
62 days aboard the station. Robert
Behnken conducted four spacewalks with
Expedition 63
Commander and
NASA colleague Christopher
Cassidy to upgrade two power channels on the station's truss
with new lithium-ion batteries.