The Demo-2 mission will follow a successful unpiloted Crew Dragon test flight in 2019. The station crew will perform a series of tests on the Crew Dragon capsule in the weeks that follow, with Behkhen and Hurley ultimately set to return to Earth and splash down in the Atlantic Ocean, just off Florida's eastern coast, and be retrieved by a SpaceX recovery ship. More: How SpaceX's Crew Dragon space capsule works (infographic)Īfter launch, the Falcon 9's first-stage booster will return to Earth and land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Behkhen and Hurley will fly on to rendezvous with the space station and join three members of the outpost's current Expedition 63 crew. EDT (2033 GMT) from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Liftoff is set for Wednesday, May 27, at 4:33 p.m. SpaceX's Demo-2 mission will launch a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule to ferry NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station.
