Names
USCV-1 (2012–2019)
Crew-1
Mission type ISS crew transport
Operator SpaceX
COSPAR ID 2020-084A
SATCAT no.46920
Mission duration167 days, 6 hours, 29 minutes, 16 seconds

Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Crew Dragon Resilience
Spacecraft type Crew Dragon
Manufacturer SpaceX
Launch mass 12,519 kg (27,600 lb)
Landing mass 9,616 kg (21,200 lb)
Crew
Crew size4
Members
Michael S. Hopkins
Victor J. Glover
Soichi Noguchi
Shannon Walker
Expedition Expedition 64 / 65
Start of mission
Launch date not a number value UTC (15 November 7:27:17 pm EST)
Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1061.1)
Launch site Kennedy, LC‑39A
End of mission
Recovered by MV GO Navigator
Landing date 2 May 2021, 06:56:33 UTC (2:56:33 am EDT)
Landing site Gulf of Mexico, near Panama City, Florida (29°44′50″N 85°59′03″W)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric orbit
Regime Low Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking port Harmony forward
Docking date17 November 2020, 04:01 UTC[2]
Undocking date5 April 2021, 10:30 UTC
Time docked 139 days, 6 hours, 29 minutes
Docking with ISS (relocation)
Docking port Harmony zenith
Docking date 5 April 2021, 11:08 UTC
Undocking date 2 May 2021, 00:35 UTC
Time docked 26 days, 13 hours, 27 minutes

SpaceX Crew-1 (was also known as USCV-1 or simply Crew-1) was the first operational crewed flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the maiden flight of the Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft. It was also the second crewed orbital flight launch by the United States since that of STS-135 in July 2011. Resilience launched on 16 November 2020 at 00:27:17 UTC on a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, along with JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, all members of the Expedition 64 crew. The mission was the second overall crewed orbital flight of the Crew Dragon.

Crew-1 was the first operational mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in the Commercial Crew Program. Originally designated "USCV-1" by NASA in 2012, the launch date was delayed several times from the original date of November 2016. The mission was scheduled to depart the ISS on 28 April 2021, but due to weather returned to Earth on 2 May 2021. The capsule splashed down at 06:56:33 UTC, to be reused on Inspiration4. It was the first nighttime splashdown for NASA astronauts since Apollo 8 in 1968. On 7 February 2021, the Crew-1 broke the record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crewed vehicle, surpassing the 84-day mark set by an Apollo capsule on the final flight to the Skylab (Skylab-4) space station on 8 February 1974.

On 15 November 2020, final pre-launch preparations were completed. The hatch of Resilience was closed at 22:32 UTC, but reopened briefly after a slight drop in pressure was detected. Troubleshooting the hatch seal led to discovery of a small amount of foreign object debris (FOD) in the seal. The hatch was then closed again, and mission controllers proceeded with the countdown. No further concerns were noted, and on 16 November 2020 at 00:27:17 UTC, Resilience lifted off successfully. Its Falcon 9 first-stage booster, SN B1061.1, landed on the autonomous spaceport drone ship Just Read the Instructions. The astronauts entered a stable orbit after about nine minutes. For this mission, the crew had chosen a plush toy of "The Child" (also known as "Baby Yoda") from The Mandalorian as a Zero-G indicator.The crew were awakened on the second day of the flight with Phil Collins's "In the Air Tonight".

Resilience docked to the International Docking Adapter (IDA) on the Harmony module on 17 November 2020 at 04:01 UTC. Over the course of the mission, the four astronauts lived and worked alongside the three astronauts of the Soyuz MS-17 mission. Together, the two missions form ISS Expedition 64. Assuming the regular ISS crew rotation schedule is adhered to, the crew transfer to Expedition 65 following the departure of Soyuz MS-17, on 17 April 2021.

On 5 April 2021, the Crew-1 astronauts relocated their spacecraft from Harmony forward to Harmony zenith by using the Draco thrusters that are mounted on the side of Dragon Resilience's trunk, to make way for the arrival and docking of the SpaceX Crew-2 spacecraft, launched on 23 April 2021.

In July 2022, it was reported that some of the debris from Crew 1 Dragon crashed into a farm in Australia.