SpaceX Crew-9
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Names | USCV-9 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
Mission duration | 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Dragon 2 |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | August 2024 (planned)[1] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1085.1) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Landing date | February 2025 (planned) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony Forward or zenith |
Docking date | August 2024 (planned) |
Undocking date | February 2025 (planned) |
Time docked | 180 days (planned) |
SpaceX Crew-9 mission patch (L-R) Wilson, Gorbunov, Hague and Cardman |
SpaceX Crew-9 is planned to be the ninth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the 15th overall crewed orbital flight. The mission is planned to launch no earlier than August 2024.[2]
The Crew-9 mission will transport four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). As of February 2024[update], three NASA astronauts, Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, and Stephanie Wilson, and one Roscosmos cosmonaut, Aleksandr Gorbunov, have been assigned to the mission.[1]
Crew[edit]
Prime Crew[1]
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | Zena Cardman, NASA Expedition 71 / 72 First spaceflight | |
Pilot | Nick Hague, NASA Expedition 71 / 72 Third[a] spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Stephanie Wilson, NASA Expedition 71 / 72 Fourth spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | Aleksandr Gorbunov, Roscosmos Expedition 71 / 72 First spaceflight |
Mission[edit]
The ninth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program is scheduled to launch in late 2024.[2]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10, even though this did not quite cross the Kármán line. This matches NASA's count, though RSA follows the Kármán line definition.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "NASA Shares Assignments for its SpaceX Crew-9 Space Station Mission – NASA". Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ a b Mike Wall (31 January 2024). "NASA Shares Assignments for its SpaceX Crew-9 Space Station Mission". Space.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Gebhardt, Chris (14 March 2019). "Soyuz MS-12 docks with the Space Station – NASASpaceFlight.com". NASASpaceflight.com.