NASA and SpaceX reschedule first demonstration mission of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule

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Mission will provide vital data about the performance of rocket, spacecraft, autonomous docking system and the landing system

SpaceX and NASA have agreed to reschedule the first demonstration mission (Demo-1) of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule for 10 days. The test flight of SpaceX's Dragon capsule was earlier scheduled t...

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