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| mission_duration = {{time interval|11 November 2021 02:03:31|6 May 2022 04:43|show=dhm}}
| spacecraft = {{ComV|Dragon 2|Endurance|full=nolink}}
| 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>
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| crew_size = 4
| crew_members = {{Ubl|[[Raja Chari]]|[[Thomas Marshburn]]|[[Matthias Maurer]]|[[Kayla Barron]]}}
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| 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]]
| launch_contractor = [[SpaceX]]
| recovery_by = [[Shannon (ship){{MV|MV ''Shannon'']]}}
| landing_date = 6 May 2022, 04:43 UTC<ref name="Indepcrew3landingweek">{{cite news |last1=Kelvey |first1=Jon |title=Nasa's Crew-3 astronauts set to return to Earth this week |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/space/nasa-crew3-return-earth-b2069979.html |access-date=3 May 2022 |work=The Independent |date=2 May 2022 |language=en |quote=Nasa’s head of human spaceflight Kathy Lueders said the space agency aims to have the Crew-3 astronauts undock from the ISS in their Crew Dragon spacecraft around pm EDT on Wednesday 4 May, with a splashdown off the Florida coast to follow on 5 May.}}</ref>
| landing_site = [[Gulf of Mexico]]
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'''SpaceX Crew-3''' was the fourth operational flight of a [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon's]] spacecraft,third and[[NASA]] the[[Commercial thirdCrew overallProgram|Commercial crewedCrew]] orbitaloperational flight, ofand theits [[Commercialfifth Crewoverall Program]]crewed orbital flight. The mission successfully launched on 11 November 2021 at 02:03:31 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] to the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="SFN20211111-2">{{cite web|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/11/11/spacex-debuts-new-dragon-capsule-in-launch-to-the-international-space-station/|title=SpaceX debuts new Dragon capsule in launch to the International Space Station|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=11 November 2021}}</ref> It was the [[maiden flight]] of [[Crew Dragon Endurance|Crew Dragon ''Endurance'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |title=Astronauts choose 'Endurance' as name for new SpaceX crew capsule – Spaceflight Now |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/10/08/astronauts-choose-endurance-as-name-for-new-spacex-crew-capsule/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
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>
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The first astronauts of this [[NASA Astronaut Group 22]] (nicknamed ''The Turtles'') to fly to space, Raja Chari and Kayla Barron on SpaceX Crew-3 took a [[Stuffed toy|stuffed]] turtle as zero-g indicator, to pay a tribute to their astronaut group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1458620101784129547|title=SpaceX Crew-3|publisher=Twitter|access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> Additionally, to include the other crew members on board, Matthias Maurer and Tom Marshburn, the turtle was named "Pfau", a German word meaning "Peacock" for Matthias Maurer who is German, and for Tom Marshburn who was part of [[NASA Astronaut Group 19]] (nicknamed ''The Peacocks'').<ref>{{cite web|title=Crew-3 Mission|website=YouTube|date=11 November 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknndyovSKs|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
 
== Mission ==
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