ET on May 27 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in a Crew Dragon capsule in the Demo-2 mission. (SpaceX)First ocean landing since ApolloDemo-2 is the first test with humans since the 1981 launch of the space shuttle Columbia. U.S. and Canada used Russian rocketsOn July 8, 2011, the space shuttle era came to a close as Endeavour soared into the sky for the final time. If the Demo-2 test flight is successful, the official start of SpaceX astronaut launches from the U.S. to the ISS will be Crew-1. It's likely he will launch aboard either the SpaceX Crew Dragon or Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.

Source: CBC News May 03, 2020 08:01 UTC