Falcon 9 Block 5
Human rating
Human rating
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The NASA certification processes of the 2010s specified seven flights of any launch vehicle without major design changes before the vehicle would be [NASA\-certified for human spaceflight](/wiki/Human-rating_certification "Human-rating certification"), and allowed to fly NASA astronauts.

The Block 5 design launched astronauts for the first time on May 30, 2020, on a NASA\-contracted flight, [Crew Dragon Demo\-2](/wiki/Crew_Dragon_Demo-2 "Crew Dragon Demo-2").  This was the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since the [final Space Shuttle mission](/wiki/STS-135 "STS-135") in 2011, and the first ever operated by a commercial provider.


Who flew on the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since 2011?