SpaceX Crew-9

SpaceX Crew-9
Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS.
NamesUSCV-9
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorSpaceX
Mission duration180 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftDragon 2
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Crew
Crew size4
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateAugust 2024 (planned)[1]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
Landing dateFebruary 2025 (planned)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony Forward or zenith
Docking dateAugust 2024 (planned)
Undocking dateFebruary 2025 (planned)
Time docked180 days (planned)

SpaceX Crew-9 mission patch

(L-R) Wilson, Gorbunov, Hague and Cardman 

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]

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[edit]

Prime Crew[1]
Position Astronaut
Spacecraft commander United States Zena Cardman, NASA
Expedition 71 / 72
First spaceflight
Pilot United States Nick Hague, NASA
Expedition 71 / 72
Third[a] spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 United States Stephanie Wilson, NASA
Expedition 71 / 72
Fourth spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 Russia Aleksandr Gorbunov, Roscosmos
Expedition 71 / 72
First spaceflight

Mission[edit]

The ninth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program is scheduled to launch in late 2024.[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "NASA Shares Assignments for its SpaceX Crew-9 Space Station Mission – NASA". Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Mike Wall (31 January 2024). "NASA Shares Assignments for its SpaceX Crew-9 Space Station Mission". Space.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  3. ^ Gebhardt, Chris (14 March 2019). "Soyuz MS-12 docks with the Space Station – NASASpaceFlight.com". NASASpaceflight.com.