SpaceX Crew-1 facts for kids
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| Names | USCV-1, Crew-1 |
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| Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Mission duration | 1496 days, 15 hours and 21 minutes (in progress) ~180 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Cargo Dragon C207 Resilience |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
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| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 16 November 2020, 00:27:17 UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | KSC, LC-39A |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | May 2021 (planned) |
| Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony Forward |
| Docking date | 17 November 2020, 04:01 UTC |
| Undocking date | May 2021 (planned) |
| Time docked | 1495 days, 11 hours and 48 minutes (in progress) 180 days (planned) |
 SpaceX Crew-1 logo  (l-r) Walker, Glover, Hopkins and Noguchi Commercial Crew Program
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SpaceX Crew-1 (also known as USCV-1 or simply Crew-1) is the first crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience was expected to launch on 31 October 2020 on a Falcon 9 from the Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A. The launch was postponed due to bad weather and was eventually launched on 15 November.
It carried NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker along with JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, all members of the Expedition 64 crew. The mission is the second overall crewed orbital flight of the Crew Dragon, pending the certification of the vehicle.
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Crew
| Position | Astronaut | |
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| Spacecraft commander |  Michael S. Hopkins, NASAExpedition 64 Second spaceflight |
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| Pilot | Victor J. Glover, NASA Expedition 64 First spaceflight |
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| Mission Specialist 1 |  Soichi Noguchi, JAXAExpedition 64 Third spaceflight |
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| Mission Specialist 2 | Shannon Walker, NASA Expedition 64 Second spaceflight |
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Mission
The Resilience space capsule will dock to the ISS after launch, where the astronauts will stay for about 6 months before returning back to earth.
Timeline
| Mission Time | UTC Time | Date (UTC) | Information |
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| T+00:00:00 | 00:27:15 | 16 November 2020 |
Rocket launches from the ground |
| T+00:02:37 | 00:29:52 | The first set of engines are turned off (MECO) | |
| T+00:02:40 | 00:29:55 | The Falcon 9 seperates the bottom stage from the second stage | |
| T+00:02:48 | 00:30:03 | The engines on the second stage start | |
| T+00:08:50 | 00:36:05 | The second stage engines are turned off (SECO-1) | |
| T+00:09:29 | 00:36:44 | The first stage lands on a floating landing site. | |
| T+00:12:03 | 00:39:18 | Crew Dragon seperates from the second stage |
Images for kids
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A window view of Earth from the Dragon 2 capsule during Expedition 64
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The crew inside the capsule during the rendezvous process
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See also
In Spanish: SpaceX Crew-1 para niños
