This April 2020 photo made available by SpaceX shows the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft undergoing final processing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla,, in preparation for the May 27, 2020, Demo-2 launch with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- It's back to the future as NASA astronauts launch again from the U.S. -- aboard a retro-style "Right Stuff" capsule.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket -- with the crew capsule atop -- will soar from the same pad used for both of those earlier missions. There was no need for another flying machine like the shuttle, which was built to haul hefty satellites and space station parts, said retired NASA manager Steve Payne. SpaceX based its crew capsule on its long-running reusable cargo capsule, also named Dragon and ending space station missions with old-fashioned splashdowns.
Although the full automated Dragon has four seats lined up in a row, only the centre two will be occupied for this especially risky test flight. A test dummy soloed on last year's Dragon crew capsule debut.
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