NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Launch Fifth Anniversary

A seated crowd is in the foreground, facing a stage in the distance where President Donald Trump stands at a podium. He is flanked by a SpaceX Dragon Crew capsule and part of a SpaceX Dragon rocket. The picture is taken inside of the Vehicle Assembly Building; scaffolding can be seen as you look up.
NASA/Bill Ingalls

President Donald Trump speaks inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission on May 30, 2020. The mission was the first crewed launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. This marked the first time American astronauts launched on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.

Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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