Event of the Year. 2020: successful return of the crewed ship Crew Dragon Endeavor in the Demo-2 mission

Vyacheslav Ermolin, August 3, 2020







Mission:

Test flight of the Crew Dragon Endeavor with a crew for certification of the transport system for the delivery of astronauts to the ISS. Testing of spacecraft systems, docking with the ISS, crew work as part of the station, return to Earth.



Motto:

America has regained its competence in manned flight after almost 10 years of absence of its ships. This was done by a private company under a commercial crew contract with NASA. There is no official motto .



Time and place of event:

August 2, 2020 15:48 UTC. Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, USA.



Manned spacecraft:

Crew Dragon Endeavor is a new American manned, partially reusable, spacecraft for flights to low earth orbit. Private ship of the private space company SpaceX. Serial number C206.1. The spacecraft parameters are determined by the contract with NASA for ISS maintenance.



Orbit:

Initial orbit: ISS 430 km, 51.63 °.

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— SpaceX 24- 6- 3,15 $.

— Crew Dragon — 525 $.

— — 131 $.




in high quality.

Article from the NSF portal about the return.





Patches and logos of the mission





First manned launch of Crew Dragon.



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