A SpaceX Crew Dragon is scheduled to launch 2020-10-31 with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi.
The 2020-10-31 Crew Dragon launch will increase the International Space Station crew complement to seven.
NASA moved the Crew-1 Crew Dragon launch from 2020-10-23 to 2020-10-31 to deconflict it with Soyuz launch and landing operations and to provide more time to ensure closure of all open work on the ground and aboard the station.
Axiom Space announced a contract with SpaceX in March for a Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station no earlier than the second half of 2021.
The CFT mission is expected to arrive at the International Space Station during the SpaceX Crew Dragon Crew-2 mission, which is set to launch in spring 2021 for a six-month stay.
SpaceX will refurbish the Demo-2 Crew Dragon spacecraft for use on Crew-2 and will launch it using the same booster that will launch the Crew-1 mission in October 2020.
The first operational SpaceX Crew Dragon mission, Crew-1, is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2020-10-23 for a six-month stay on the International Space Station.
The Crew-2 SpaceX Crew Dragon mission is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2021 for a six-month mission.
SpaceX launched astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken to the International Space Station for NASA in May using a Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
Crew-1 will use a new Falcon 9 booster and a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
NASA required at least six weeks to complete certification work on the Crew Dragon spacecraft, which pushed the Crew-1 launch into the latter part of September.
SpaceX provided audio from the reentry of the Demo-1 Crew Dragon spacecraft in March 2019.
Crew Dragon arrived at the International Space Station on 2020-05-31, one day after its launch from Florida.
SpaceX received a $2,600,000,000 contract in 2014 for final development and testing of Crew Dragon, which included an uncrewed Demo-1 test flight in March 2019 and up to six operational flights to the station.
Crew Dragon undocked from the International Space Station on 2020-08-01 at 7:35 p.m. Eastern and performed a series of departure burns to prepare for reentry.
Crew Dragon Demo-2 docked with the International Space Station on 2020-05-31.
In May 2020, NASA approved SpaceX to begin reusing Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 first stages on commercial crew missions starting with Crew-2.
The certification process leading to formal NASA certification of Crew Dragon for operational flights takes about six weeks.
The Crew Dragon spacecraft designated for Crew-1 was nearing completion at SpaceX’s Hawthorne, California factory and was scheduled to ship to Florida in early August 2020.
Crew Dragon launched on a Falcon 9 rocket on 2020-05-30 and docked with the International Space Station on 2020-05-31.