SpaceX Crew-3: Difference between revisions

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| mission_type = ISS crew transport

| operator = [[SpaceX]]

| website =

| mission_duration = {{time interval|11 November 2021 02:03:31|6 May 2022 04:43|show=dhm}}

| spacecraft_type = [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon]]

| manufacturer = SpaceX

| launch_mass = {{cvt|12055|kg}}<ref name="NASANSSDCADatabase">{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2021-103A|title=Dragon Endurance|publisher=NASA|date=14 November 2021|access-date=15 November 2021|quote=Mass: 12055 kg}}</ref>

| crew_size = 4

| crew_members = {{Ubl|[[Raja Chari]]|[[Thomas Marshburn]]|[[Matthias Maurer]]|[[Kayla Barron]]}}

| launch_rocket = [[Falcon 9 Block 5]] ([[List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters|B1067.2]])

| launch_site = [[Kennedy Space Center]], [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A|LC-39A]]

| landing_site = [[Gulf of Mexico]]

| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit]]

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This launch brought the total number of [[Space travelers|humans who have been to space]] to more than 600 with Maurer (600) and Barron (601).<ref name="NYTimesUpdates">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/science/600-astronauts-space.html|url-access=limited|title=More than 600 human beings have now been to space|last=Roulette|first=Joey|newspaper=The New York Times |quote=They've tipped the number of people to have gone to space to over 600, according to a tally maintained by NASA|date=10 November 2021|access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>

 

== Name ==

 

== Crew ==

German ESA astronaut [[Matthias Maurer]] was selected first for the mission in September 2020.<ref name="Inverse20201001"/><ref name="SF-Crew-3"/><ref name="Twitter20200908"/> NASA astronauts [[Raja Chari]] and [[Thomas Marshburn]] were added on 14 December 2020 to the crew.<ref name="Crew3Announcement"/><ref name="SFN20201229"/> The fourth seat was left open in anticipation that a Russian cosmonaut would take the seat, marking the beginning of a barter agreement that would see NASA and [[Roscosmos]] trade seats on the [[Soyuz (spacecraft)|Soyuz]] and Commercial Crew Vehicles, although in April 2021 then-acting NASA administration [[Steve Jurczyk]] said that this agreement would be unlikely to start until after Crew-3 had launched.<ref name="SFN20210424">{{cite web|last=Clark|first=Stephen|title=NASA chief: Russian cosmonauts unlikely fly on U.S. crew capsules until next year|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/04/20/nasa-chief-russian-cosmonauts-unlikely-fly-on-u-s-crew-capsules-until-next-year/|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=24 April 2021}}.</ref> The fourth seat was assigned to [[Kayla Barron]] in May 2021.<ref name="Barron">{{cite web|title=Kayla Barron Joins NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/kayla-barron-joins-nasa-s-spacex-crew-3-mission-to-space-station|publisher=NASA|date=17 May 2021|access-date=17 May 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

 

 

{{Spaceflight crew

| position2 = Pilot

| crew2_up = {{Flagicon|United States}} [[Thomas Marshburn]]

| agency2_up = [[NASA]]

| expedition2_up = [[Expedition 66]] / [[Expedition 67|67]]

}}

 

 

== Mission ==

The third SpaceX operational mission in the [[Commercial Crew Program]] was originally scheduled to launch on 31 October 2021.<ref name="nasa-20211019">{{cite web|last=Sempsrott|first=Danielle |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2021/10/19/nasa-spacex-adjust-next-crew-launch-date-to-space-station|title=NASA, SpaceX Adjust Next Crew Launch Date to Space Station|publisher=NASA|date=19 October 2021|access-date=20 October 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> However, it was delayed to 3 November 2021 due to unfavorable weather in the Atlantic Ocean,<ref name="nasa-20211030">{{cite web|last=Sempsrott |first=Danielle|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2021/10/30/nasa-spacex-adjust-next-space-station-crew-rotation-launch-date-2/|title=NASA, SpaceX Adjust Next Space Station Crew Rotation Launch Date |publisher=NASA|date=30 October 2021|access-date=30 October 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> and then further delayed to 7 November 2021 due to a minor medical issue with one of the astronauts.<ref name="Weather">{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-3-launch-astronaut-medical-issue-delay|title=SpaceX's Crew-3 astronaut launch for NASA delayed by "minor medical issue"|publisher=Space.com|date=1 November 2021 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> Due to expected bad weather, it was again delayed to 9 November 2021.<ref name="SFN20211104">{{cite web|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/11/04/nasa-rules-out-weekend-crew-dragon-launch-may-bring-station-crew-home-first/|title=NASA rules out weekend Crew Dragon launch, may bring station crew home first|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=4 November 2021|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>

 

 

 

The European segment of the mission is called "Cosmic Kiss".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/ESA_astronaut_Matthias_Maurer_officially_assigned_first_flight|title=ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer officially assigned first flight |website=esa.int|publisher=ESA|date=14 December 2020|access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref>

 

 

== See also ==

[[Category:2021 in the United States]]

[[Category:Fully civilian crewed orbital spaceflights]]