SpaceX Crew-2

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

09:49:02

Friday April 23, 2021

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Launch Notes

First SpaceX crewed mission to feature a flight-proven booster and the first SpaceX crewed mission to feature a flight-proven Dragon spacecraft. Crew Dragon Endeavour previously flew on the SpaceX Demo-2 mission.

SpaceX Crew-2

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SpaceX Crew-2 is the second operational crewed rotation mission of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the mission. JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet will join as mission specialists. SpaceX Crew-2 docked to the IDA-2 port of the Harmony module of the International Space Station on 24/04/2021 at 09:10 UTC. On 07/21/2021 at 10:45 UTC it was undocked from port IDA-2 and docked to port IDA-3 of the Harmony module on the same day at 11:36 UTC. Its stay was 198 days and was undocked on 08/11/2021 at 19:05 UTC. It splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida on 09/11/2021 at 03:33 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

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Agency

SpaceX

Price

$69.75 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.7m

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 22,800 kg

GTO: 8,300 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,607 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Launch Site

LC-39A

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

5 days 6 hours

Stats

Falcon 9


115th

Mission

11th

Mission of 2021

SpaceX


123rd

Mission

11th

Mission of 2021

2021


31st

Orbital launch attempt