A new SpaceX video shows never-before-seen footage of its first astronaut flight

A new SpaceX video shows never-before-seen footage of its first astronaut flight

SpaceX just released new footage of Demo-2, its first crewed mission.

The footage shows astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley at various stages of the mission.

SpaceX hoping its next mission, Crew-1, will be similarly smooth “” it's scheduled to launch on Halloween. 

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SpaceX released a video on Tuesday that chronicles its Demo-2 mission, the first crewed flight of its Crew Dragon spaceship. The mission carried NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to and from the International Space Station, and it went remarkably smoothly - an outcome that felt somewhat out-of-keeping with this turbulent year on Earth.

"We hope it brings a little bit of brightness to a pretty tough 2020," Hurley says at the end of the video.

The never-before-broadcast footage shows Behnken and Hurley