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Fram2 polar crew announced
On August 12, 2024, SpaceX named Chun Wang, Jannicke Mikkelsen, Eric Philips, and Rabea Rogge to Fram2, a Dragon flight planned as the first crewed polar orbit.
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Dragon splashdowns move back to the Pacific
On July 26, 2024, SpaceX said Dragon trunks were surviving reentry in pieces and that splashdowns would return to the U.S. West Coast so the trunk could be aimed at the ocean.
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SpaceX EVA suit for Polaris Dawn
On May 4, 2024, SpaceX described a new extravehicular suit for Polaris Dawn, targeted for no earlier than summer 2024, and said all four crew would be exposed to vacuum together.
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Vast Haven-1 and a Dragon crew flight
On May 10, 2023, SpaceX said it would launch Vast's Haven-1 station no earlier than August 2025, then a four-person Dragon mission for up to 30 days.
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Polaris Dawn and a path to crew on Starship
On February 14, 2022, SpaceX said Jared Isaacman's Polaris Program would fly up to three missions, starting with a Dragon spacewalk targeted for the fourth quarter of 2022.
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Crew-3 Dragon docks to the space station
On November 11, 2021, SpaceX said Crew-3's Dragon docked to the station at 6:32 p.m. EST after a November 10 launch from Kennedy LC-39A.
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Crew-2 splashes down after 199 days
On November 8, 2021, SpaceX said the Crew-2 astronauts splashed down off Pensacola at 10:33 p.m. EST after 199 days, then the longest U.S. spacecraft mission.
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Inspiration4 splashes down after three days
On September 18, 2021, SpaceX said the all-civilian Inspiration4 crew splashed down off Florida at 7:06 p.m. EDT after three days in a 575-kilometer orbit.
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Four Axiom crew missions to the space station
On June 2, 2021, SpaceX said Axiom would fly three more private Dragon missions to the station through 2023, after a first flight then targeted for January 2022.
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Crew-1 returns after 167 days
On May 2, 2021, SpaceX said Crew-1 splashed down off Florida at 2:56 a.m. EDT after 167 days, the first night crew splashdown for a U.S. ship since Apollo 8.
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Crew-2 docks on a flown Falcon 9 and Dragon
On April 24, 2021, SpaceX said Crew-2 docked at 5:08 a.m. EDT on the first crew flight of a previously flown Falcon 9 and Dragon.
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Inspiration4 targeted for late 2021
On February 1, 2021, SpaceX said Falcon 9 would launch Inspiration4, an all-commercial Dragon crew, from LC-39A no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2021.
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Crew-1 begins the first operational Dragon stay
On November 16, 2020, SpaceX said Crew-1 docked at 11:01 p.m. EST after a November 15 launch, the first six-month crew rotation.
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NASA certifies Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon
On November 10, 2020, SpaceX said NASA had certified Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon for station crew rotations, and listed the test counts behind that decision.
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Demo-2 splashes down off Pensacola
On August 2, 2020, SpaceX said Behnken and Hurley splashed down at 2:48 p.m. EDT after 63 days, closing the Demo-2 test of crew transport.
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Demo-2 launches and docks
On May 30, 2020, SpaceX said Falcon 9 launched Behnken and Hurley at 3:22 p.m. EDT and Dragon docked to the station the next day.
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Demo-2 targeted for May 27
On April 17, 2020, SpaceX and NASA targeted May 27 for Demo-2, with Behnken and Hurley, and listed escape, parachute, and docking tests already done.
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Crew Dragon in-flight abort
On January 19, 2020, SpaceX said an uncrewed Crew Dragon aborted from Falcon 9 about 90 seconds after a 10:30 a.m. EST liftoff and splashed down under four Mark III parachutes.