SpaceX Crew-8
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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]
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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 | 61 days, 14 hours and 55 minutes (in progress) 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 4 March 2024, 03:53 (2024-03-04UTC03:53Z) UTC[1][2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1083.1) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Landing date | August 2024 (planned) |
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, 07:28 UTC |
Undocking date | 2 May 2024, 12:57 UTC |
Time docked | 58 days, 5 hours and 29 minutes |
Docking with ISS (Relocation)[lower-alpha 1] | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Docking date | 2 May 2024, 13:46 UTC |
Undocking date | August 2024 (planned) |
Time docked | 2 days, 5 hours and 2 minutes (in progress) |
SpaceX Crew-8 mission patch (L–R) Grebenkin, Barratt, Dominick and Epps |
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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]