Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
09:49:02
Friday April 23, 2021
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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 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
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SpaceXPrice
$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
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