NASA Astronaut Doug Hurley has been assigned to the first flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.
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Spaceflight Experience: STS-127, International Space Station Assembly Mission 2J/A, Endeavour (July 15 to July 31, 2009). Hurley delivered the Japanese-built Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) and the Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section (ELM-ES) to the space station. The crew completed the construction of the KIBO Japanese Experiment Module, installed scientific experiments on its Exposed Facility and delivered critical spare parts and replacement batteries to the orbital complex in addition to transferring 24,638 pounds of hardware and 1,225 pounds of water to the station. While the shuttle was docked, the mission featured a record 13 astronauts working aboard the space station, representing all five International Partners: NASA, the Russian Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). The 16-day mission included five spacewalks and was accomplished in 248 orbits of the Earth, traveling 6,547,853 miles in 15 days, 16 hours, 44 minutes and 58 seconds.
STS-135/ULF7 (July 8 to July 21, 2011). The Space Shuttle Atlantis carried the “Raffaello” Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. The mission also flew a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft and returned a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS-135 was the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station and the 135th and final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. The mission, which included one spacewalk by Expedition 28’s Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, was accomplished in 200 orbits of the Earth, traveling 5,284,862 miles in 12 days, 18 hours, 27 minutes and 56 seconds.
SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 and Expedition 63 (May 30 to Aug. 2, 2020) Hurley served as Spacecraft Commander on the first crewed flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon, the Demo-2 mission, launching May 30. The flight marked the return of crewed launches to American soil following the space shuttle program retirement, and was the crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon before the spacecraft could be certified for regular flights carrying astronauts to and from the space station. The flight marked the fifth time in U.S. history that NASA astronauts have flow on a new spacecraft. Upon arrival at the International Space Station on May 31, Hurley became a Flight Engineer for Expedition 63. During his 62 days at the space station, Hurley contributed to more than 110 hours of time to supporting the orbiting laboratory’s investigations and supported four spacewalks as the robotics operator and intra-vehicular officer.
