But perhaps the strongest case for Hurley and Behnken is their profound connection to the loss of Shuttle Columbia. Demo-2 will be the first American astronaut crew launched from American soil since NASA's last space shuttle launch in 2011, Hurley's most recent flight. Hurley then went with Behnken to the hotel for the astronaut families in order to gather their belongings. Starship SN8 conducts milestone Static Fire test ahead... SpaceX Falcon 9 launches latest Starlink mission. Hurley is a New York native, born in Endicott on October 21, 1966. Doug Hurley is a NASA astronaut and the commander for SpaceX Crew Flight Test (Demo-2). SpaceX successfully launched an uncrewed Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station on March 2, 2019, on a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket. But over the next two decades, Doug and Bob would be changed forever, into the crew that would fly the newest American spaceship. So it is fitting that the crew of Demo-2 is a pair of test pilots. After graduating from Owego Free Academy in Owego, New York, in 1984, he attended college at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. A truth that Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken know all too well. Or idealism. He's flown on two spaceflights and will make a third, historic spaceflight as commander on the Demo-2 flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. Something. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!
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Maybe it was youth, my loss of that. Please refresh the page and try again. Hurley served in the Navy as a fighter pilot, and trained to fly the F/A-18 Hornet, a supersonic jet. Once on orbit, the crew also revealed another tribute to the Shuttle program: the name of their Dragon spacecraft. He’s completed two spaceflights after being selected as an astronaut in 2002, NASA shared. After all, Hurley was the first United States Marine to pilot the F/A-18 Super Hornet, and Behnken had served as lead Flight Test Engineer for the 4th F-22 Raptor. Hurley then piloted Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2011 on STS-135, the final flight of the Space Shuttle program, and the last crewed launch to orbit from the United States until Demo-2 on Saturday. I think there probably are a fair amount of people here who would be able to say that. Doug Hurley was born on October 21, 1966, in Endicott, New York, United States. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (at left) and Doug Hurley are set to launch aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft on the first U.S. rocket to launch into orbit from U.S. soil in nearly a decade. NASA selected Hurley for the agency's astronaut program in 2000. Doug Hurley first launched to space in 2009, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-127. The 13-day mission was NASA's final space shuttle mission. 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Related: Two NASA astronauts are ready to try something completely new: Ride a SpaceX spaceship. Doug Hurley in 2011, participating in training for STS-135 — NASA's final space shuttle mission. He'll be accompanied by fellow NASA astronaut Robert "Bob" Behnken on the first crewed voyage of the spaceship. I still, to this day, can’t imagine what that must have been like for those families to go through.”, “It has had a sustained and lasting effect on me personally. In 2003, Doug Hurley was the lead Cape Crusader for the STS-107 mission. The crew of STS-107, commanded by Rick Husband on his second spaceflight, walked across the crew access arm to board their home for the next sixteen days. The six-day flight, dubbed Demo-1, carried a sensor-laden dummy astronaut named Ripley, which recorded a slew of information on what astronauts will experience while riding in the Crew Dragon capsule. After completing their evaluations, they eagerly awaited their chance to fly into space. Related: SpaceX's Crew Dragon space capsule explained (infographic). Hurley's second spaceflight was the STS-135/ULF7 mission aboard the space shuttle Atlantis in July 2011. The orbiter was expected to touch down on runway 33 at 9:16 AM. And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com. In 2018, NASA selected Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to be the first crew for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. Receive mail from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors? After college, Hurley attended The Basic School at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia, and then aviation school at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. Also in their class were Karen Nyberg and K. Megan McArthur, whom Doug and Bob would marry. – via NASA, In his Shuttle history titled Wheels Stop, Rick Houston narrates a message from Columbia’s pilot Willie McCool, just before Hurley left the cockpit: “I can’t wait for you to be sitting here like I am.”. While boarding Dragon for the first Demo-2 launch attempt on Wednesday, May 27, Hurley was seen ripping a SpaceX closeout crew member’s patch off of their uniform, and placing it on the Crew Dragon control panel. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer. This time, Dragon, her crew, and the stolen name patches, lifted off from LC-39A, beginning a heartfelt journey into history. “That was excruciating to do that. Hurley recounted that day to Houston. Rick Husband on the flight deck of Shuttle Columbia during STS-107. After years of development and testing, SpaceX plans to launch Hurley and Behnken on the first crewed flight of Crew Dragon on May 27, 2020, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. At 10:39 AM, Columbia, her crew, and Doug Hurley’s patch lifted off to begin their final mission. In 2015, NASA announced that Hurley would be joining the agency's first class of commercial crew astronauts. Rocket Lab scrubs launch of “In Focus” mission... TAG, you’re it; OSIRIS-REx collects sample at asteroid... Columbia stood at LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Hurley then piloted Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2011 on STS-135, This time, Dragon, her crew, and the stolen name patches, lifted off from LC-39A. With the space shuttle program at an end, NASA launched the Commercial Crew Program to promote the development of private spaceflight companies that the agency would commission to send astronauts into space. As a Mission Specialist, Behnken conducted three spacewalks to complete assembly of the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, the part of the Space Station’s robotic arm better known as Dextre. NASA and SpaceX will decide how long Hurley and Behnken will remain in orbit after Crew Dragon reaches space, but the mission is likely to last between one and four months. Doug Hurley is a NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel. When they deliver those name patches back to their fellow team members, Doug and Bob will have carried on the Shuttle tradition, remembered the tragedy with which they are so closely connected, and paid tribute to the heroes who gave their lives for the betterment and inspiration of humanity. "Once again, I think Bob and I are very humbled to be in this position.". The Demo-2 flight will be the Crew Dragon's second flight — this time with astronauts Hurley and Behnken aboard. Thank you for signing up to Space. Demo-2, at its core, is a test flight, designed to ensure all of the spacecraft’s systems can support future crews travelling to and from the International Space Station. Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon are the first spacecraft commissioned by the U.S. government to send NASA astronauts into space. Space Shuttle Columbia and her seven crew were slated for a sixteen day research mission to orbit. The mission's goal is to validate Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 for crewed flight, which will allow SpaceX to start flying operational missions to the ISS. Hurley is a New York native, born in Endicott on October 21, 1966. After two years of training and several years in various support team roles, Hurley made his first spaceflight in July 2009, as the pilot for STS-127, International Space Station Assembly Mission 2J/A aboard the space shuttle Endeavor. The mission required the work of 13 astronauts from all five international partners supporting the space station.

According to tradition, the commander of the mission would take the name patch of the lead Cape Crusader with him to orbit, returning the patch upon their return to Earth. On the morning of February 1, 2003, both Hurley and Behnken waited at the space center’s Shuttle Landing Facility to help the crew out of Columbia after landing. Behnken made his first spaceflight in 2008, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, on STS-123.

He began flight training in 1989 and became a naval aviator in August 1991. This is approximately three times safer than the post-retirement loss of crew estimates for the Shuttle program, around 1 in 90. On Saturday, Doug and Bob repeated the tradition. Following the completion of Demo-2’s Flight Readiness Review, NASA Commercial Crew Program manager Kathy Leuders announced that SpaceX had successfully met the 1 in 270 loss of crew requirement set for Commercial Crew vehicles. Behnken returned to space in 2010, again aboard Endeavour, on STS-130, where he completed another three spacewalks to install the Tranquility and Cupola modules of the International Space Station. Receive news and offers from our other brands?

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