SpaceX Crew-8
2024 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS
 Crew Dragon Endeavour lifts off from LC-39A with the Crew-8 astronauts aboard. | |
| Names | USCV-8 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-042A  |
| SATCAT no. | 59097 |
| Mission duration | 65 days, 7 hours and 32 minutes (in progress) 180 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members |
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| 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)[a] | |
| Docking port | Harmony zenith |
| Docking date | 2 May 2024, 13:46 UTC |
| Undocking date | August 2024 (planned) |
| Time docked | 5 days, 21 hours and 39 minutes (in progress) |
 SpaceX Crew-8 mission patch  (L–R) Grebenkin, Barratt, Dominick and Epps Commercial Crew Program | |
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]
Crew
| Position[8] | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Spacecraft commander |  Matthew Dominick, NASAExpedition 70 / 71 First spaceflight | |
| Pilot | Michael Barratt, NASA Expedition 70 / 71 Third spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 | Jeanette Epps, NASA Expedition 70 / 71 First spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 |  Alexander Grebenkin, RoscosmosExpedition 70 / 71 First spaceflight | |
| Position | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Spacecraft commander | Zena Cardman, NASA | |
| Pilot | Nick Hague, NASA | |
| Mission Specialist 1 | Stephanie Wilson, NASA | |
| Mission Specialist 2 | Aleksandr Gorbunov, Roscosmos | |
Mission
The eighth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program launched at 3:53 UTC on 4 March 2024.[9] SpaceX sent the 50th astronaut on this Crew Dragon launch.[10]
Launch attempt
Following delays due to unfavorable weather conditions in offshore areas of the flight path,[11][12] the first launch attempt was scrubbed at T−03:25:38 hours due to an elevated ascent winds (times are UTC).[13][14]
| Attempt | Planned | Result | Turnaround | Reason | Decision point | Weather go (%) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Mar 2024, 4:16:00 am | Scrubbed | — | Elevated ascent winds | 3 Mar 2024, 12:51 am (T-03:25:38) | 40[15] | |
| 2 | 4 Mar 2024, 3:53:00 am | Success | 0 days, 23 hours, 37 minutes | 75[16] |
Relocation to the zenith port of Harmony
To make way for a Boeing Starliner as a part of the Boeing Crewed Flight Test that is set to dock to the forward port of Harmony after its launch sometime on May 2024, the Crew-8 crew relocated Crew Dragon Endeavour to the zenith port of Harmony on May 2, 2024, docking to the zenith port at 13:46 UTC.[17]
The Boeing Crewed Flight Test mission was scheduled to launch on May 7, 2024 atop an Atlas V rocket; but due to valve problems in the Atlas V rocket, the launch is postponed, just two hours before it's litoff.
Gallery
SpaceX Crew-8
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Crew-8 astronauts outside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building -
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Crew Dragon Endeavour approaching the ISS -
SpaceX Crew-8 and Expedition 70 crew members aboard the ISS shortly after docking
Notes
- ^ Dragon relocated to the zenith port on 2 May 2024 to allow for the coupling of the Boeing Starliner, scheduled to launch on 7 May 2024.
References
- ^ "NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 - NASA". Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 - NASA". Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "What You Need to Know about NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Mission - NASA". 26 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "NASA Astronaut from Syracuse is ready for liftoff". WXXI News. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ O'Shea, Claire A. (5 August 2023). "Space Station Assignments Out for NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Mission". NASA. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 - NASA".
- ^ "50 crewmembers launched and counting! Earlier tonight, Crew-8 signed the White Room at the end of the crew access arm ahead of boarding Dragon and liftoff". X (Formerly Twitter).
- ^ Malik, Tariq (28 February 2024). "SpaceX delays Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA to March 2 due to bad weather". Space.com. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ NASA Commercial Crew [@Commercial_Crew] (29 February 2024). "Teams with @NASA and @SpaceX now are targeting March 2 for the launch of the agency's #Crew8 mission to @Space_Station due to unfavorable weather conditions in offshore areas along the flight track of the Dragon spacecraft" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Malik, Tariq (3 March 2024). "SpaceX delays Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA due to high winds, next try on March 3". Space.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Neale, Rick; Haris, Bianca (2 March 2024). "NASA SpaceX launch: Crew-8's mission from Cape Canaveral scrubbed over weather conditions". USA Today. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ NASA Commercial Crew [@Commercial_Crew] (1 March 2024). "Launch weather officers with @SLDelta45 predict a 40% chance of favorable weather conditions for the launch of @NASA's @SpaceX #Crew8 mission at 11:16 pm ET March 2 from @NASAKennedy's Launch Complex 39A" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ NASA Commercial Crew [@Commercial_Crew] (3 March 2024). "For @NASA's @SpaceX #Crew8 launch, targeted at 10:53pm ET tonight, the @SLDelta45 predicts a 75% chance of favorable weather conditions" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Wall, Mike (2 May 2024). "SpaceX's Crew-8 astronauts move Dragon at the ISS to make way for Boeing's Starliner". Space.com. Future US, Inc. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
Endeavour autonomously docked with Harmony's space-facing port, Zenith, at 9:46 a.m. EDT (1346 GMT).
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