Crew Dragon Demo-2

Historical eventMay 302020

Crew Dragon Demo-2

Crew Dragon Demo-2 became the first commercial mission to the International Space Station.

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When
Saturday, May 30 20206 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
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Dates: From 2020.

What happened

Crew Dragon Demo-2 was the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. The spacecraft, named Endeavour, launched on May 30, 2020 on a Falcon 9 rocket, and carried NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station in the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since the final Space Shuttle mission in 2011, and the first ever operated by a commercial provider.

May 30 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

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  7. 2012President of Liberia
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  9. 2013Nigeria
  10. 2020Crew Dragon Demo-2
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May 30 2020 — 6 years ago, on a Saturday.

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