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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.[1]
Names | USCV-9 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
Mission duration | 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Freedom |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | NET 18 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 | 19 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 |
The Crew-9 mission will transport four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). Three NASA astronauts — Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, and Stephanie Wilson — and one Roscosmos cosmonaut, Aleksandr Gorbunov, have been assigned to the mission.[1]
Crew
editPrime 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 Second[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
editThe ninth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program is scheduled to launch in August 2024.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ Not counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10.