SpaceX Crew-8

SpaceX Crew-8
Crew Dragon Endeavour lifts off from LC-39A with the Crew-8 astronauts aboard.
NamesUSCV-8
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2024-042A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.59097Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration71 days, 16 hours and 59 minutes (in progress)
180 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon Endeavour
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Crew
Crew size4
Members
Start of mission
Launch date4 March 2024, 03:53 (2024-03-04UTC03:53Z) UTC[1][2]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5 (B1083.1)
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
Landing dateAugust 2024 (planned)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.65°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony forward[3]
Docking date5 March 2024, 07:28 UTC
Undocking date2 May 2024, 12:57 UTC
Time docked58 days, 5 hours and 29 minutes
Docking with ISS (Relocation)[a]
Docking portHarmony zenith
Docking date2 May 2024, 13:46 UTC
Undocking dateAugust 2024 (planned)
Time docked12 days, 7 hours and 6 minutes (in progress)

SpaceX Crew-8 mission patch

(L–R) 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.[4] The mission launched on 4 March 2024.[5]

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.[6][7]

  1. ^ "NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 - NASA". Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 - NASA". Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  6. ^ "What You Need to Know about NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Mission - NASA". 26 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. ^ "NASA Astronaut from Syracuse is ready for liftoff". WXXI News. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.


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