SpaceX Crew-9
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]
Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS. | |
| Names | USCV-9 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Mission duration | 180 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endurance |
| 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 | |
The Crew-9 mission will transport four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). As of February 2024, three NASA astronauts, Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, and Stephanie Wilson, and one Roscosmos cosmonaut, Aleksandr Gorbunov, have been assigned to the mission.[1]
Crew
Prime Crew[1]
| Position | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Spacecraft commander | Zena Cardman, NASA Expedition 71 / 72 First spaceflight | |
| Pilot | Nick Hague, NASA Expedition 71 / 72 Third[lower-alpha 1] spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 | Stephanie Wilson, NASA Expedition 71 / 72 Fourth spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 | Aleksandr Gorbunov, Roscosmos Expedition 71 / 72 First spaceflight | |
Mission
The ninth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program is scheduled to launch in late 2024.[2]
Notes
- 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
- "NASA Shares Assignments for its SpaceX Crew-9 Space Station Mission – NASA". Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- 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.
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