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Mike Wehner
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- SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft will finally be used on an official NASA science mission to the International Space Station.
- The launch of four astronauts is now planned for October 31st, which happens to be Halloween.
- The mission will be the first after NASA certifies Crew Dragon for continued use, and it'll be a big milestone for NASA, SpaceX, and the Commercial Crew program.
NASA spent years waiting for SpaceX to finish the Crew Dragon spacecraft so that it could once again launch astronauts into space from US soil. It finally realized that dream back in May when the final test mission of the Crew Dragon sent astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station.
The mission was a success, with the crew members arriving safely and the Crew Dragon performing as intended, but it wasn't an official science mission. That launch was the final test mission, and now that NASA plans to fully certify Crew Dragon it can begin using it as it sees fit. Now, NASA finally has a date for its "SpaceX Crew-1" mission to the ISS, and it's sooner than you might think.
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NASA’s first true SpaceX Crew Dragon mission has a date originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 29 Sep 2020 at 16:26:36 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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