Space
May 30, 2020Crew Dragon flies astronauts
The first crewed orbital spaceflight launched by a private company — and the first from U.S. soil since 2011.
Private crewed orbital flight
First
U.S. human launch capability
Restored
On 30 May 2020 SpaceX's Crew Dragon "Demo-2" carried NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the ISS — the first time a private company launched humans to orbit, and the first crewed launch from U.S. soil since the Space Shuttle retired in 2011. SpaceX has flown many crewed missions since.
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