Known as Demo-1, the uncrewed flight test was designed to demonstrate the end-to-end capabilities of the new crew capable system developed under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission began March 2, when the Crew Dragon launched on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and racked up a number of “firsts” in just seven days.

-First commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket to launch from American soil on a mission to the space station.

-First commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft to dock with the space station.

-First autonomous docking of a U.S. spacecraft to the International Space Station.

-First use of the international docking standard in the station and Crew Dragon’s adapters.