SpaceX Crew-9

Planned 2024 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS

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
  • Zena Cardman
  • Nick Hague
  • Stephanie Wilson
  • Aleksandr Gorbunov
Start of mission
Launch dateAugust 2024 (planned)[1]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
(B1085.1)
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
Commercial Crew Program
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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.[2]

The Crew-9 mission will transport four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). As of February 2024[update], 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 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

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

Notes

  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

  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.
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