Crew-1 will use a new Falcon 9 booster and a new Crew Dragon spacecraft, while later operational missions will use previously flown hardware.
NASA expects Crew-2 will use the Falcon 9 booster that launches Crew-1 and will use the Crew Dragon capsule from the Demo-2 mission.
NASA anticipated in a 2020-07-22 media advisory that the first operational Crew Dragon mission, Crew-1, would launch no earlier than late September.
The booster used in this mission previously flew in May when it launched Crew Dragon to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board.
NASA requires at least six weeks between the Demo-2 splashdown and the Crew-1 launch to inspect the Demo-2 Crew Dragon and conduct a series of reviews.
NASA's plan schedules the Crew Dragon spacecraft with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to undock from the ISS on 2020-08-01 and splash down off the Florida coast on 2020-08-02.
NASA plans for the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying two astronauts to return to Earth from the International Space Station in early August 2020.
Casey Dreier’s analysis estimated a Crew Dragon seat costs NASA $60–67 million compared to an average of $170,000,000 a seat on a shuttle flight when adjusted for inflation.
SpaceX is completing the Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-1 mission, and that spacecraft is scheduled to ship to Kennedy Space Center by the end of July.
Current plans in June 2020 called for the Demo-2 Crew Dragon with Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to leave the station in early August 2020, dependent on Crew Dragon performance on the ISS and the readiness of the spacecraft for Crew-1.
The Demo-2 mission used a new Crew Dragon spacecraft and a new Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA targeted 2020-08-30, for the launch of the first fully operational Crew Dragon mission, Crew-1, and planned to return the Demo-2 spacecraft about a month before that date to allow review and formal certification of Crew Dragon for routine crew rotation missions.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft was performing well enough on orbit to give NASA confidence that the Demo-2 mission could last until August as of 2020-06-09.
Crew Dragon and CST-100 Starliner were designed to offer lower costs compared to the space shuttle for human spaceflight and to attract other customers.
The Demo-2 mission of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launched on 2020-05-30.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon docked with the International Space Station less than 24 hours after its 2020-05-30 launch.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launched on 2020-05-30 to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.
President Donald Trump attended the 2020-05-30 Demo-2 launch and gave a speech at the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building shortly after the Crew Dragon spacecraft reached orbit.
The Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission was the first crewed orbital spacecraft launched from the United States in nearly nine years.
Doug Hurley, a member of the STS-135 crew, plans to return the STS-1/STS-135 American flag to Earth aboard Crew Dragon during their return within the upcoming months.