NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy Discusses Historic SpaceX Crew Dragon Test Flight
In this week's episode of "Down to Earth," NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Warren "Woody" Hoburg discuss the NASA and SpaceX Demo-2 mission, human spaceflight history, and the challenges of spacewalking.
NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission on May 30, 2020, was the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
Chris Cassidy's Spaceflight Experience:
STS‐127 (July 15 through July 31, 2009)
ISS Expedition 35 (March 28 through September 10, 2013)
Expedition 63 (April 9 through October 21, 2020)
Astronaut Chris Cassidy Official NASA Biography:
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christopher-j-cassidy/biography
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/cassidy-cj.pdf
Astronaut Warren "Woody" Hoburg Official NASA Biography:
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/warren-hoburg/biography
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/hoburg-w.pdf
An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.
Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Duration: 6 minutes
Release Date: June 24, 2022
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