SpaceX Crew-1

SpaceX Crew-1 (was also known as USCV-1 or simply Crew-1) was the first operational crewed flight of a <a href="/facts/SpaceX_Dragon_2/Wy8kUegK">Crew Dragon</a> spacecraft and the <a href="/facts/Maiden_flight/LW569ILn">maiden flight</a> of the <a href="/facts/Crew_Dragon_Resilience/dTasFaPm">Crew Dragon Resilience</a> spacecraft. It was also the second crewed orbital flight launch by the United States since that of <a href="/facts/STS-135/K9lMMNWC">STS-135</a> in July 2011. Resilience launched on 16 November 2020 at 00:27:17 <a href="/facts/Coordinated_Universal_Time/2EnjfSyu">UTC</a> on a <a href="/facts/Falcon_9/mNck6vby">Falcon 9</a> from <a href="/facts/Kennedy_Space_Center/zmwszuPr">Kennedy Space Center</a> <a href="/facts/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39A/pnH83f5s">Launch Complex 39A</a> (LC-39A), carrying <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> <a href="/facts/Astronaut/HB1bd6Lz">astronauts</a> <a href="/facts/Michael_S._Hopkins/gHL60orY">Michael Hopkins</a>, <a href="/facts/Victor_J._Glover/DuqWzGdn">Victor Glover</a> and <a href="/facts/Shannon_Walker/EGJQcSQc">Shannon Walker</a>, along with <a href="/facts/JAXA/ofUpflgf">JAXA</a> astronaut <a href="/facts/Soichi_Noguchi/6yelbx8j">Soichi Noguchi</a>, all members of the <a href="/facts/Expedition_64/87j6uFnE">Expedition 64</a> crew. The mission was the second overall crewed orbital flight of the Crew Dragon.
Crew-1 was the first operational mission to the <a href="/facts/International_Space_Station/VNPUBz9m">International Space Station</a> (ISS) in the <a href="/facts/Commercial_Crew_Program/4ygmongy">Commercial Crew Program</a>. Originally designated "USCV-1" by NASA in 2012, the launch date was delayed several times from the original date of November 2016. The mission was scheduled to depart the ISS on 28 April 2021, but due to weather returned to Earth on 2 May 2021. The capsule <a href="/facts/Splashdown/XAn6QTyp">splashed down</a> at 06:56:33 UTC, to be reused on <a href="/facts/Inspiration4/C6wwpA5Y">Inspiration4</a>. It was the first nighttime splashdown for NASA astronauts since <a href="/facts/Apollo_8/uKkRsnSL">Apollo 8</a> in 1968. On 7 February 2021, the Crew-1 broke the record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crewed vehicle, surpassing the 84-day mark set by an Apollo capsule on the final flight to the <a href="/facts/Skylab/h7v9LWKE">Skylab</a> (<a href="/facts/Skylab_4/8Pbave69">Skylab-4</a>) space station on 8 February 1974.

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SpaceX Crew-1