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{{Short description|Third operational flight in NASA's Commercial Crew Program, carrying astronauts to the International Space Station}} |
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{{Infobox spaceflight |
{{Infobox spaceflight |
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| name = SpaceX Crew-3 |
| name = SpaceX Crew-3 |
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| names_list = USCV-3 |
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| image = Crew |
| image = SpaceX Crew-3 Dry Dress Rehearsal (KSC-20211028-PH SPX02 0012).jpg |
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| image_caption = Falcon 9 and ''Endurance'' on LC-39A with the SpaceX Crew-3 members doing a launch countdown dry rehearsal test |
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| image_size = 300px |
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| mission_type = ISS crew transport |
| mission_type = ISS crew transport |
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| operator = [[SpaceX]] |
| operator = [[SpaceX]] |
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| mission_duration = |
| mission_duration = 180 days (planned) |
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| spacecraft = {{ComV|Dragon 2|Endurance}} |
| spacecraft = {{ComV|Dragon 2|Endurance}}<!--please connect this link like Crew Dragon Endeavour and Resilience--> |
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| spacecraft_type = [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon]] |
| spacecraft_type = [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon]] |
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| manufacturer = SpaceX |
| manufacturer = SpaceX |
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| launch_mass = {{cvt|12519|kg}} |
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| 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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| landing_mass = {{cvt|9616|kg}} |
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| crew_size = 4 |
| crew_size = 4 |
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| crew_members = {{Ubl|[[Raja Chari]]|[[Thomas Marshburn]]|[[Matthias Maurer]]|[[Kayla Barron]]}} |
| crew_members = {{Ubl|[[Raja Chari]]|[[Thomas Marshburn]]|[[Matthias Maurer]]|[[Kayla Barron]]}} |
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| crew_expedition = [[Expedition 66]] / [[Expedition 67|67]] |
| crew_expedition = [[Expedition 66]] / [[Expedition 67|67]] |
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| launch_date = 11 November 2021, 02:03:31 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] |
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| launch_date = NET 7 November 2021, 03:36 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] (planned) <ref>{{cite tweet |author=NASA Commercial Crew |user=Commercial_Crew |number=1455258817818734599 |date=1 November 2021 |title=LAUNCH UPDATE: @NASA's @SpaceX #Crew3 mission is now targeted to launch no earlier than 11:36pm ET on Saturday, Nov. 6 due to a minor medical issue involving one of its crew members. More details: https://t.co/Wwjb9U8G9G https://t.co/PCiUhYD2bN |language=en |access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref> |
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| launch_rocket = [[Falcon 9 Block 5]] ([[List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters|B1067.2]]) |
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| launch_rocket = [[Falcon 9 Block 5]] ([[List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters|B1067.2]]) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs-22_mision_overview_0.pdf |title=CRS-22 Mission Overview|access-date=27 May 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> |
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| launch_site = [[Kennedy Space Center]], [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A|LC-39A]] |
| launch_site = [[Kennedy Space Center]], [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A|LC-39A]] |
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| launch_contractor = [[SpaceX]] |
| launch_contractor = [[SpaceX]] |
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| recovery_by = |
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| 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> |
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| landing_date = Late April 2022 (planned) |
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| landing_site = [[Atlantic Ocean]] |
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| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit]] |
| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit]] |
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| orbit_regime = [[Low Earth orbit]] |
| orbit_regime = [[Low Earth orbit]] |
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| orbit_inclination = 51.66° |
| orbit_inclination = 51.66° |
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| apsis = gee |
| apsis = gee |
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| docking = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock |
| docking = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock |
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| docking_target = [[International Space Station]] |
| docking_target = [[International Space Station]] |
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| docking_type = Dock |
| docking_type = Dock |
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| docking_port = ''[[Harmony (ISS module)|Harmony]]'' forward |
| docking_port = ''[[Harmony (ISS module)|Harmony]]'' forward |
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| docking_date = 8 November 2021 (planned) |
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| undocking_date = Late April 2022 (planned) |
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| undocking_date = 5 May 2022, 05:20 UTC <ref name="nsfcrew4docking">{{cite news |last1=Kanayama |first1=Lee |title=Crew Dragon Freedom makes its first docking at the ISS on the Crew-4 mission |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/04/dragon-freedom-docks-crew-4/ |access-date=3 May 2022 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |date=27 April 2022 |quote=This handover is expected to be complete by May 4, when Endurance is slated to depart the ISS, however this timeline will be contingent on recovery weather conditions.}}</ref><ref name="Indepcrew3landingweek"/> |
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| time_docked = |
| time_docked = 180 days (planned) |
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| insignia = SpaceX Crew-3 logo.svg |
| insignia = SpaceX Crew-3 logo.svg |
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| insignia_caption = SpaceX Crew-3 mission patch |
| insignia_caption = SpaceX Crew-3 mission patch |
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| insignia_size = 200px |
| insignia_size = 200px |
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| crew_photo = SpaceX Crew-3 (official portrait).jpg |
| crew_photo = SpaceX Crew-3 (official portrait).jpg |
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| crew_photo_caption = Chari, Marshburn, Maurer and Barron |
| crew_photo_caption = Chari, Marshburn, Maurer and Barron |
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| crew_photo_size = 300px |
| crew_photo_size = 300px |
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| programme = '''[[Commercial Crew Program]]''' |
| programme = '''[[Commercial Crew Program]]''' |
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| previous_mission = [[SpaceX Crew-2]] |
| previous_mission = [[SpaceX Crew-2]] |
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| next_mission = [[SpaceX Crew-4]] |
| next_mission = [[SpaceX Crew-4]] |
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| programme2 = '''[[SpaceX Dragon 2#Crew Dragon flights|Crew Dragon flights]]''' |
| programme2 = '''[[SpaceX Dragon 2#Crew Dragon flights|Crew Dragon flights]]''' |
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| previous_mission2 = [[Inspiration4]] |
| previous_mission2 = [[Inspiration4]] |
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'''SpaceX Crew-3''' |
'''SpaceX Crew-3''' will be the third operational [[NASA]] Commercial Crew flight of a [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon]] spacecraft, and the fourth overall crewed flight for NASA. The mission is currently planned for launch on 6 November 2021.<ref>https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2021/11/01/nasas-spacex-crew-3-launch-delayed-from-nov-3/</ref> At a NASA briefing held on 2 May 2021, Steve Stich, program manager of NASA's [[Commercial Crew Program]], said Crew-3 will use a new Crew Dragon which was later named ''[[Crew Dragon Endurance|Endurance]]''. As such, it's the first time rookie astronauts are flying on a Crew Dragon that is itself new. |
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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> |
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== Name == |
== Name == |
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Crew |
Crew dragon capsules so far have been given names by their initial crews — ''[[Crew Dragon Endeavour|Endeavour]]'' for the first, and ''[[Crew Dragon Resilience|Resilience]]'' for the second. On 7 October 2021, it was announced that the third capsule will be called ''Endurance''.<ref>{{cite AV media|date=2 May 2021|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xztx8cHVZ98|title=NASA's SpaceX Crew1 Post-Splashdown Briefing |publisher=NASA Video|via=YouTube|access-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010031444/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xztx8cHVZ98|archive-date=10 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Astronaut 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 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.<ref name="SFN20211008">{{cite web |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/10/08/astronauts-choose-endurance-as-name-for-new-spacex-crew-capsule/|title=Astronauts choose "Endurance" as name for new SpaceX crew capsule|publisher=Spaceflight Now |date=8 October 2021|access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref> |
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== Crew == |
== Crew == |
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German ESA astronaut [[Matthias Maurer]] |
The mission will send up German ESA astronaut [[Matthias Maurer]].<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=2021-04-24}}.</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> |
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Chari is the first [[rookie]] astronaut to command a NASA space mission since the [[Skylab 4]] crew blasted off to the [[Skylab]] space station in 1973. [[Gerald Carr (astronaut)|Gerald Carr]], who had not flown in space before, led a three-man crew on an 84-day flight on the Skylab.<ref name="SFN20211111">{{cite web|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/11/10/raja-chari-is-the-first-rookie-astronaut-in-nearly-50-years-to-command-a-nasa-mission/|title=Raja Chari is the first rookie astronaut in 48 years to command a NASA mission|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=10 November 2021|access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> This was also the first spaceflight for Maurer and Barron.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/11/crew-3-launch/|title=SpaceX launches mostly-rookie Crew-3 mission to ISS |website=nasaspaceflight.com|date=10 November 2021 |publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |
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{{Spaceflight crew |
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| position1 = Spacecraft commander |
| position1 = Spacecraft commander |
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| crew1_up = {{Flagicon| |
| crew1_up = {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Raja Chari]] |
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| flights1_up = First |
| flights1_up = First |
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| agency1_up = [[NASA]] |
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| position2 = Pilot |
| position2 = Pilot |
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| crew2_up = {{Flagicon| |
| crew2_up = {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Marshburn]] |
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| flights2_up = Third |
| flights2_up = Third |
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| agency2_up = [[NASA]] |
| agency2_up = [[NASA]] |
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| expedition2_up = [[Expedition 66]] / [[Expedition 67|67]] |
| expedition2_up = [[Expedition 66]] / [[Expedition 67|67]] |
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| position3 = Mission specialist 1 |
| position3 = Mission specialist 1 |
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| crew3_up = {{Flagicon| |
| crew3_up = {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Kayla Barron]] |
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| flights3_up = First |
| flights3_up = First |
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| agency3_up = [[ |
| agency3_up = [[NASA]] |
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| expedition3_up = [[Expedition 66]] / [[Expedition 67|67]] |
| expedition3_up = [[Expedition 66]] / [[Expedition 67|67]] |
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| position4 = Mission specialist 2 |
| position4 = Mission specialist 2 |
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| crew4_up = {{Flagicon| |
| crew4_up = {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Matthias Maurer]] |
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| flights4_up = First |
| flights4_up = First |
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| agency4_up = [[ |
| agency4_up = [[European Space Agency|ESA]] |
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| expedition4_up = [[Expedition 66]] / [[Expedition 67|67]] |
| expedition4_up = [[Expedition 66]] / [[Expedition 67|67]] |
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| notes = |
| notes = <ref name="SN20201214">{{cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-assigns-astronauts-for-third-spacex-commercial-crew-mission/|title=NASA assigns astronauts for third SpaceX commercial crew mission|publisher=SpaceNews|date=14 December 2020|access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="SF-Crew-3"/><ref name="Crew3Announcement"/><ref name="SFN20201229"/><ref name="Barron"/> |
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| position1 = Spacecraft commander |
| position1 = Spacecraft commander |
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| crew1_up = {{Flagicon| |
| crew1_up = {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Kjell N. Lindgren]] |
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| agency1_up = [[NASA]] |
| agency1_up = [[NASA]] |
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| position2 = Pilot |
| position2 = Pilot |
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| crew2_up = {{Flagicon| |
| crew2_up = {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Hines (astronaut)|Robert Hines]] |
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| agency2_up = [[NASA]] |
| agency2_up = [[NASA]] |
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| position3 = Mission specialist 1 |
| position3 = Mission specialist 1 |
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| crew3_up = {{Flagicon| |
| crew3_up = {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Stephanie Wilson]] |
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| position4 = Mission specialist 2 |
| position4 = Mission specialist 2 |
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| crew4_up = {{Flagicon| |
| crew4_up = {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Samantha Cristoforetti]] |
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| notes = <ref>{{cite web|last1=Whiting|first1=Melanie|title=Kjell N. Lindgren (M.D.) NASA Astronaut|url=https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/kjell-n-lindgren/biography|publisher=NASA|date=7 March 2016|access-date=7 May 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Hines NASA Astronaut|url=https://www.nasa.gov/content/astronaut-candidate-bob-hines|publisher=NASA|date=26 April 2021|access-date=13 June 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|last=Marshburn|first=Thomas|user=AstroMarshburn|number=1403769065194274818|date=12 June 2021|title=Had a great week in Cologne, Germany, home of our crewmate @astro_matthias Our backup, @Astro_Stephanie joined us for our final training trip to the European Space Agency before we launch this fall! https://t.co/Zn8TaDn9NK|access-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101131639/https://twitter.com/AstroMarshburn/status/1403769065194274818|archive-date=1 November 2021|url-status=live}}</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|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknndyovSKs|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> |
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== Mission == |
== Mission == |
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⚫ | 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}}</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}}</ref> and then further delayed on November 1 to November 7 due to a medical issue. <ref> https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-3-launch-astronaut-medical-issue-delay </ref> |
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⚫ | 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 |
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Due to the launch delays, NASA decided to return the astronauts from Crew-2 before Crew-3 launched, thus being the first Crew Dragon indirect handover of space station crews.<ref name="APNEWS">{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/space-exploration-science-business-weather-26ca18622d5779b79aeac5bc41392cbe|title=SpaceX crew launch bumped to next week; astronaut on mend|website=[[Associated Press]]|agency=AP News|date=4 November 2021|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> SpaceX Crew-2 departed the station on 8 November 2021 and splashed down on 9 November 2021. SpaceX Crew-3 mission launched from Cape Canaveral on 11 November 2021 at 02:03:31 UTC.<ref name="NSF20211105">{{cite web|url=https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51899.msg2307149;topicseen#new|title=Forum Crew-3|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|date=5 November 2021|access-date=6 November 2021}}</ref> |
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The return of Crew-3 was delayed multiple times, from April 2022 to early May. Undocking happened on 5 May (05:20 UTC), with [[splashdown]] occurring the following day after spending 176 days in [[space]].<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Mike Wall |date=2022-05-03 |title=SpaceX's Crew-3 astronaut mission will return to Earth early Friday morning |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-crew3-mission-return-to-earth-friday |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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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> |
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> |
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| [[File:SpaceX Crew-3 Dry Dress Rehearsal (KSC-20211028-PH SPX02 0012).jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|none|NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts participate in a countdown dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 28 October 2021, to prepare for the Crew-3 launch on 11 November 2021.]] |
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| [[File:SpaceX Crew-3 Launch (NHQ202111100024).jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Falcon 9 and ''Endurance'' launch from [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A|LC-39A]], at the Kennedy Space Center, with the SpaceX Crew-3 crew members aboard, on Thursday, November 11th, 2021.]] |
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|[[File:SpaceX Crew-3 Commercial Crew Poster.jpg|thumb|SpaceX Crew-3 promotional poster]] |
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|[[File:NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 Splashdown (NHQ202205060005).jpg|thumb|upright=1.45|NASA Astronaut [[Thomas Marshburn]] after splashdown with Crew Dragon ''[[Crew Dragon Endurance|Endurance]]'' in the background.]] |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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* [[Crew Dragon C206|Dragon C206 ''Endeavour'']] |
* [[Crew Dragon C206|Dragon C206 ''Endeavour'']] |
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* [[Crew Dragon C207|Dragon C207 ''Resilience'']] |
* [[Crew Dragon C207|Dragon C207 ''Resilience'']] |
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* [[Boeing Starliner]] |
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* [[Crew Dragon C210|Dragon C210 ''Endurance'']] |
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* [[Crew Dragon Freedom|Dragon C212 ''Freedom'']] |
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== References == |
== References == |
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![]() Falcon 9 and Endurance on LC-39A with the SpaceX Crew-3 members doing a launch countdown dry rehearsal test | |
Names | USCV-3 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2021-103A |
SATCAT no. | 49407![]() |
Mission duration | 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endurance |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 12,519 kg (27,600 lb) |
Landing mass | 9,616 kg (21,200 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | |
Expedition | Expedition 66 / 67 |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | NET 7 November 2021, 03:36 UTC (planned) [1] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1067.2) [2] |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Landing date | Late April 2022 (planned) |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with International Space Station | |
Docking port | Harmony forward |
Docking date | 8 November 2021 (planned) |
Undocking date | Late April 2022 (planned) |
Time docked | 180 days (planned) |
![]() SpaceX Crew-3 mission patch ![]() Chari, Marshburn, Maurer and Barron |
SpaceX Crew-3 will be the third operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the fourth overall crewed flight for NASA. The mission is currently planned for launch on 6 November 2021.[3] At a NASA briefing held on 2 May 2021, Steve Stich, program manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, said Crew-3 will use a new Crew Dragon which was later named Endurance. As such, it's the first time rookie astronauts are flying on a Crew Dragon that is itself new.
Name
Crew dragon capsules so far have been given names by their initial crews — Endeavour for the first, and Resilience for the second. On 7 October 2021, it was announced that the third capsule will be called Endurance.[4] Astronaut 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 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.[5]
Crew
The mission will send up German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer.[6][7][8] NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Thomas Marshburn were added on 14 December 2020 to the crew.[9][10] 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 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.[11] The fourth seat was assigned to Kayla Barron in May 2021.[12]
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | ![]() Expedition 66 / 67 First spaceflight | |
Pilot | ![]() Expedition 66 / 67 Third spaceflight | |
Mission specialist 1 | ![]() Expedition 66 / 67 First spaceflight | |
Mission specialist 2 | ![]() Expedition 66 / 67 First spaceflight | |
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Mission
The third SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program was originally scheduled to launch on 31 October 2021.[17] However, it was delayed to 3 November 2021 due to unfavorable weather in the Atlantic Ocean,[18] and then further delayed on November 1 to November 7 due to a medical issue. [19]
The European segment of the mission is called "Cosmic Kiss".[20]
See also
References
- ^ NASA Commercial Crew [@Commercial_Crew] (1 November 2021). "LAUNCH UPDATE: @NASA's @SpaceX #Crew3 mission is now targeted to launch no earlier than 11:36pm ET on Saturday, Nov. 6 due to a minor medical issue involving one of its crew members. More details: https://t.co/Wwjb9U8G9G https://t.co/PCiUhYD2bN" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "CRS-22 Mission Overview" (PDF). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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- ^ https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2021/11/01/nasas-spacex-crew-3-launch-delayed-from-nov-3/
- ^ NASA's SpaceX Crew1 Post-Splashdown Briefing. NASA Video. 2 May 2021. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Astronauts choose "Endurance" as name for new SpaceX crew capsule". Spaceflight Now. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Brown, Mike (1 October 2020). "SpaceX and NASA Detail a Packed 12 months for Crew Dragon: What to Know". Inverse. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ a b Becker, Joachim Wilhelm Josef (13 November 2020). "Spaceflight mission report: SpaceX Crew-3". Space Facts. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Crewed Spaceflight Tweets [@MannedTweets] (8 September 2020). "BREAKING NEWS ‼ Michal Vaclavik, Czech representative at ESA: Now baked at ESA. It is clear that ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly on Crew-2, but we have now agreed that another ESA astronaut, Matthias Maurer, will fly to Crew-3 in September 2021. @ShuttleAlmanac https://t.co/lQ7LPYfaDp" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Potter, Sean (14 December 2020). "NASA, ESA Choose Astronauts for SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station". NASA. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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- ^ a b Clark, Stephen (29 December 2020). "Three astronauts assigned to Crew Dragon mission in late 2021". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Clark, Stephen. "NASA chief: Russian cosmonauts unlikely fly on U.S. crew capsules until next year". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 24 April 2021..
- ^ a b "Kayla Barron Joins NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station". NASA. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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- ^ "NASA assigns astronauts for third SpaceX commercial crew mission". SpaceNews. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ Whiting, Melanie (7 March 2016). "Kjell N. Lindgren (M.D.) NASA Astronaut". NASA. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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- ^ Marshburn, Thomas [@AstroMarshburn] (12 June 2021). "Had a great week in Cologne, Germany, home of our crewmate @astro_matthias Our backup, @Astro_Stephanie joined us for our final training trip to the European Space Agency before we launch this fall! https://t.co/Zn8TaDn9NK" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Sempsrott, Danielle (19 October 2021). "NASA, SpaceX Adjust Next Crew Launch Date to Space Station". NASA. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Sempsrott, Danielle (30 October 2021). "NASA, SpaceX Adjust Next Space Station Crew Rotation Launch Date". NASA. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-3-launch-astronaut-medical-issue-delay
- ^ "ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer officially assigned first flight". esa.int. ESA. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.