The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission serves as an end-to-end test of the system’s capabilities.

US astronaut Anne C. McClain aboard the Space Station looking through the hatchet into the SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying a instrumented dummy (unseen) after it succesfully docked with Space Station as part of the Demo-1 mission, 03 March 2019. The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission serves as an end-to-end test of the system’s capabilities. // EPA-EFE PHOTO

A handout still image from NASA TV video, made available by the NASA showing atronauts aboard the Space Station preparing to open hatchet to the SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying a instrumented dummy after it succesfully docked with Space Station as part of the Demo-1 mission, 03 March 2019. The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission serves as an end-to-end test of the system’s capabilities. // EPA-EFE PHOTO