On May 30,2020 the first CREW DRAGON launched on a Falcon 9 in Demonstration Mission-2 (DM-2). A span of nearly 8 years since our Astronauts had been launched from U.S.A. soil. DT-2 docked to the ISS on May 31, 2020 with two crew members Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken The two astronauts assisted in ISS operations until undocking on May 31,2020. Splashdown and recovery in the Atlantic Ocean took place by SpaceX on August 2, 2020. The Crew Dragon was named Endeavour in honor of the space shuttle they both flew on and is also the name of Apollo 15's command module.
On November 16, 2020 Crew-1 (Resilience) launched with four members Mike Hopkins (NASA), Victor Glover (nasa), Soichi Noguchi (JAXA) and Shannon Walker (NASA). Resilience docked with the forward HARMONY port on November 17 2020 and undocked April 5, 2021. Successful recovery was performed by SpaceX in the Gulf of Mexico on May 2, 2021.
On April 23, 2021 Crew-2 (Endeavour) launched with four members
Shane Kimbrough
(NASA),
K. Megan McArthur
(NASA),
Aki Hoshide
(JAXA) and
Thomas Pesquet
(ESA). Endeavour initially docked with the ISS on April 24, 2021 and undocked on November 8, 2021 landing on November 9, 2021.
On November 11, 2021 Crew-3 (Endurance) launched with four members
Raja Chari
(NASA),
Tom Marshburn
(NASA),
Kayla Barron
(NASA) and
Matthias Maurer
(ESA). Endurance docked with the ISS on November 11, 2021 with a planned return date of April 2022.
Inspiration-4 . Was a civilian "space tourism" launched on September 16, 2021 landing September 18, 2021 (no ISS docking). This was an all-civilian crew funded by Jared Isaacman to raise money for St. Jude's Hospital.
On April 15, 2022 Crew-4 is anticipated to launch to the ISS with four members Kjell Lindgren (NASA), Robert Hines (NASA), Jessica Watkins (NASA) and Samantha Cristoforetti (ASI/ESA)
SpaceX Crewed Launches
