SpaceX’s Crew Dragon passenger spacecraft is launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on March 2 — but with only a spacesuit-wearing dummy on board. It will then attempt ...

The SpaceX Falcon 9 that will launch the Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-1 test flight was rolled out to Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center Feb. 28 for final launch preparations. Credit ...

Even before the launch, NASA officials said there was already work identified before the Demo-1 flight that needed to get done before the agency would consider flying astronauts on board.