Engineering:Crew Dragon Endurance
| Endurance | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Space capsule |
| Class | Dragon 2 |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Technical details | |
| Dimensions | 4.4 m × 3.7 m (14 ft × 12 ft) |
| Power | Solar panel |
| Flight history | |
| First flight | SpaceX Crew-3 11 November 2021 – 6 May 2022 |
| Last flight | SpaceX Crew-7 26 August 2023 – present |
| Flights | 3 |
Crew Dragon Endurance (Dragon C210) is a Crew Dragon spacecraft manufactured by SpaceX, built and operated under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. On 11 November 2021, it was launched to transport personnel to the International Space Station as part of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission, which became a part of ISS Expedition 66.
History
On 7 October 2021, it was announced that Dragon C210 will be called Endurance.[1] Astronaut Raja Chari said that the name honors the SpaceX and NASA teams that built the spacecraft and trained the astronauts who will fly it. Those workers endured through a pandemic. The name also honors Endurance, the ship used by Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The three-masted vessel sank in 1915 after being bound in ice before reaching Antarctica[2] and was found during the Crew-3 mission.[3]
Endurance was first launched on 11 November 2021 (UTC) on a Falcon 9 Block 5 from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), LC-39A, carrying NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, as well as ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer on a six-month mission to the International Space Station.
Flights
| Mission | Patch | Launch date (UTC) | Landing date (UTC) | Crew | Duration | Remarks | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew-3 | 
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11 November 2021, 02:03:31 UTC[4] | 6 May 2022, 04:43 UTC |
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176 days, 2 hours and 39 minutes | Long duration mission. Ferries four members of the Expedition 66/67 crew to the ISS. | Success |
| Crew-5 | 
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5 October 2022, 16:00:57 UTC[5] | 12 March 2023, 02:02 UTC [6] |
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157 days, 10 hours and 1 minute | Long duration mission. Ferries four members of the Expedition 68 crew to the ISS. | Success |
| Crew‑7 | 
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26 August 2023, 07:27 UTC[8] | TBD |
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Long duration mission. Ferries four members of the Expedition 69 crew to the ISS. | Docked at ISS |
Gallery
- Crew Dragon Endurance Gallery
Endurance splashdown to the Atlantic Ocean after the end of the Crew-3 mission
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References
- ↑ "We have a capsule name!" (in en). https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1446178305066012681.
- ↑ "Astronauts choose "Endurance" as name for new SpaceX crew capsule". Spaceflight Now. 8 October 2021. https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/10/08/astronauts-choose-endurance-as-name-for-new-spacex-crew-capsule/.
- ↑ "Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2022-03-09. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60662541.
- ↑ Sempsrott, Danielle (30 October 2021). "NASA, SpaceX Adjust Next Space Station Crew Rotation Launch Date". NASA. https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2021/10/30/nasa-spacex-adjust-next-space-station-crew-rotation-launch-date-2/.
- ↑ "Headline: NASA, SpaceX Provide Crew-5 Hardware Operations Status". NASA. 21 July 2022. https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2022/07/21/headline-nasa-spacex-provide-crew-5-hardware-operations-status/.
- ↑ "Coverage Set as NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Prepares to Splashdown - NASA". https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/coverage-set-as-nasa-s-spacex-crew-5-prepares-to-splashdown/#:~:text=NASA%20and%20SpaceX%20are%20targeting,and%20Roscosmos%20cosmonaut%20Anna%20Kikina.
- ↑ "Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 10.06.2022 № 1532-р ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов ∙ Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации". http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202206100047.
- ↑ "Falcon 9 Block 5 - SpaceX Crew-7". Next Spaceflight. 22 June 2023. https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6879.
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