SpaceX Crew-8
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Names | USCV-8 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2024-042A |
SATCAT no. | 59097![]() |
Mission duration | 175 days, 9 hours, 32 minutes, 6 seconds (in progress) 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | |
Expedition | Expedition 70 / 71 |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 4 March 2024, 03:53:38 UTC (3 March, 10:53:38 pm EST)[1][2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1083.1) |
Launch site | Kennedy, LC‑39A |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | MV Megan or MV Shannon |
Landing date | September 2024 (planned) |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.65° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony forward[3] |
Docking date | 5 March 2024, 08:00 UTC |
Undocking date | 2 May 2024, 12:57 UTC |
Time docked | 58 days, 4 hours, 57 minutes |
Docking with ISS (relocation)[a] | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Docking date | 2 May 2024, 13:46 UTC |
Undocking date | September 2024 (planned) |
Time docked | 115 days, 23 hours, 39 minutes (in progress) |
![]() SpaceX Crew-8 mission patch ![]() From left: Grebenkin, Barratt, Dominick and Epps |
SpaceX Crew-8 is the eighth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight and the 13th overall crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission launched on 4 March 2024.
The Crew-8 mission transports four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). Three NASA astronauts, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and one Roscosmos cosmonaut, Alexander Grebenkin, were assigned to the mission. Jeanette Epps was previously assigned to Boeing Starliner missions.[4][5]
Crew
[edit]Position[6] | Crew | |
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Commander | ![]() Expedition 70 / 71 First spaceflight | |
Pilot | ![]() Expedition 70 / 71 Third spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | ![]() Expedition 70 / 71 First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | ![]() Expedition 70 / 71 First spaceflight |
Position | Crew | |
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Commander | ![]() | |
Pilot | ![]() | |
Mission Specialist 1 | ![]() | |
Mission Specialist 2 | ![]() |
Mission
[edit]Crew-8 is the eighth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program and the 13th overall crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft.[7] The mission launched at 3:53:38 UTC on 4 March 2024 (3 March, 10:53:38 pm EST, local time at the launch site).[8] SpaceX sent the 50th astronaut on this Crew Dragon launch.[9]
The first launch attempt, the day prior was scrubbed at T−03:25:38 due to elevated winds in offshore areas of the flight path.[10][11][12][13]
Launch attempt summary
[edit]Note: times are local to the launch site (Eastern Daylight Time).
Attempt | Planned | Result | Turnaround | Reason | Decision point | Weather go (%) | Notes |
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1 | 2 Mar 2024, 11:16:00 pm | Scrubbed | — | Weather | 3 Mar 2024, 8:51 pm (T−03:25:38) | 40[14] | Elevated ascent winds |
2 | 3 Mar 2024, 10:53:38 pm | Success | 0 days 23 hours 38 minutes | 75[15] |
Relocation
[edit]To make way for a Boeing Starliner as a part of the Boeing Crew Flight Test that would dock to the forward port of Harmony on 6 June 2024, the crew relocated Crew Dragon Endeavour to the zenith port of Harmony on 2 May 2024, docking to the zenith port at 13:46 UTC.[16] Boeing Starliner Calypso successfully launched on 5 June 2024 and docked to the forward port of Harmony on 6 June.[17]
Gallery
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ From an orbital dynamics perspective, the forward port is easier to approach, and therefore, new vehicles use this approach for their first docking. The Boeing Starliner Calypso was scheduled to make its first docking to the ISS during the Boeing Crew Flight Test in June 2024; therefore, Crew-8 relocated to the zenith port to clear the forward port for Boe-CFT.
References
[edit]- ^ "Crew-8 Launch to Dock Summary Timeline" (PDF). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ Parra, Marissa; Cohen, Rebecca (4 March 2024). "SpaceX, NASA successfully launch manned Crew-8 mission to International Space Station". NBC News. Cape Canaveral, Florida. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Crew-8 Mission Overview" (PDF). National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). n.d. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
Crew-8 will dock to the forward-facing port of the Harmony module
- ^ "What You Need to Know about NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Mission – NASA". 26 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "NASA Astronaut from Syracuse is ready for liftoff". WXXI News. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ O'Shea, Claire A. (5 August 2023). "Space Station Assignments Out for NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Mission". NASA. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "NASA, SpaceX Target NET Feb. 22 to Launch Crew-8 – NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Mission". blogs.nasa.gov. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "NASA's SpaceX Crew-8". NASA.
- ^ SpaceX [@SpaceX] (4 March 2024). "50 crewmembers launched and counting! Earlier tonight, Crew-8 signed the White Room at the end of the crew access arm ahead of boarding Dragon and liftoff" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Malik, Tariq (28 February 2024). "SpaceX delays Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA to March 2 due to bad weather". Space.com. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ NASA Commercial Crew [@Commercial_Crew] (29 February 2024). "Teams with @NASA and @SpaceX now are targeting March 2 for the launch of the agency's #Crew8 mission to @Space_Station due to unfavorable weather conditions in offshore areas along the flight track of the Dragon spacecraft" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Malik, Tariq (3 March 2024). "SpaceX delays Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA due to high winds, next try on March 3". Space.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Neale, Rick; Haris, Bianca (2 March 2024). "NASA SpaceX launch: Crew-8's mission from Cape Canaveral scrubbed over weather conditions". USA Today. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ NASA Commercial Crew [@Commercial_Crew] (29 February 2024). "Launch weather officers with @SLDelta45 predict a 40% chance of favorable weather conditions for the launch of @NASA's @SpaceX #Crew8 mission at 11:16 pm ET March 2 from @NASAKennedy's Launch Complex 39A" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ NASA Commercial Crew [@Commercial_Crew] (3 March 2024). "For @NASA's @SpaceX #Crew8 launch, targeted at 10:53pm ET tonight, the @SLDelta45 predicts a 75% chance of favorable weather conditions" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Wall, Mike (2 May 2024). "SpaceX's Crew-8 astronauts move Dragon at the ISS to make way for Boeing's Starliner". Space.com. Future US, Inc. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
Endeavour autonomously docked with Harmony's space-facing port, Zenith, at 9:46 a.m. EDT (1346 GMT).
- ^ Foust, Jeff (6 June 2024). "Starliner docks with International Space Station on crewed test flight". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
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