Engineering:SpaceX Crew-9

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Short description: Planned 2024 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS
SpaceX Crew-9
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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 dateQ3 2024 (planned)[1]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
Landing dateQ1 2025 (planned)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony' Forward or zenith
Docking dateQ3 2024 (planned)
Undocking dateQ1 2025 (planned)
Time docked180 days (planned)
SpaceX crew 9 crew portrait.jpg
Stephanie Wilson, Alexander Gorbunov, Nick Hague, Zena Cardman
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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), 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 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]

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