NASA astronaut Robert Behnken will launch to the International Space Station on the Demo-2 mission – the crew flight test of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.
The Demo-2 flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon with Behnken and Douglas Hurley marks the first launch of American astronauts on an American-made rocket from American soil in nearly a decade.
The Demo-2 mission is slated to lift off from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39A at 4:33 EDT (1:33 PDT) today (May 27, 2020).
As joint operations commander of the mission, Robert Behnken is responsible for activities such as rendezvous, docking and undocking, as well as Demo-2 activities while the spacecraft is docked to the space station.
NASA astronaut Robert Behnken will launch to the International Space Station on the Demo-2 mission – the crew flight test of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.
This 2010 Caltech profile captures Behnken before his final shuttle flight, and in this 2014 Q&A, Behnken shares details on his background and what it’s like to be an astronaut.
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