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Michal Vaclavik, Czech representative at the [[ESA|European Space Agency]], confirmed via Twitter the Crew-3 mission is currently scheduled for September 2021. The mission will send up ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, born in Sankt Wendel in Germany.<ref name=“SF-Crew-3”/><ref name="Inverse20201001"/><ref name=“Twitter20200908”/> NASA astronauts [[Raja Chari]] and [[Thomas Marshburn]] were added on 14 December 2020 to the crew.<ref |
Michal Vaclavik, Czech representative at the [[ESA|European Space Agency]], confirmed via Twitter the Crew-3 mission is currently scheduled for September 2021. The mission will send up ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, born in Sankt Wendel in Germany.<ref name=“SF-Crew-3”/><ref name="Inverse20201001"/><ref name=“Twitter20200908”/> NASA astronauts [[Raja Chari]] and [[Thomas Marshburn]] were added on 14 December 2020 to the crew.<ref name="Crew3Announcement" /> |
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<ref name=“Twitter20200908”>{{cite tweet |user=MannedTweets|author=Manned Spaceflight Tweets|number=1303464156620873728 |date=8 September 2020|title=ESA astronaut, Matthias Maurer, will fly on Crew-3 in September 2021}}</ref> |
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<ref name="Crew3Announcement">{{Cite web|last=Potter|first=Sean|date=2020-12-14|title=NASA, ESA Choose Astronauts for SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station|url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-esa-choose-astronauts-for-spacex-crew-3-mission-to-space-station|access-date=2020-12-14|website=NASA}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:54, 14 December 2020
![]() A previous flight of the capsule as it approaches the ISS. | |
Mission type | ISS crew transport |
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Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2021-103A |
SATCAT no. | 49407![]() |
Mission duration | 180 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Resilience |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) |
Landing mass | 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Mitglieder | TBA |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | September 2021 (planned)[1] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 2021 |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Time docked | Six months (planned) |
SpaceX Crew-3 will be the third crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the fourth overall crewed orbital flight. The mission is currently planned to launch in September 2021.[1][2] At a NASA briefing held on September 29, 2020, Benji Reed, senior director of human spaceflight programs at SpaceX, said the final launch date for Crew-3 will be determined by the refurbishment of the Resilience capsule after Crew-1 recovery.[3][4] The Crew-3 mission will transport four members of the crew to the International Space Station.
Crew
Michal Vaclavik, Czech representative at the European Space Agency, confirmed via Twitter the Crew-3 mission is currently scheduled for September 2021. The mission will send up ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, born in Sankt Wendel in Germany.[5][1][6] NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Thomas Marshburn were added on 14 December 2020 to the crew.[7]
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | ![]() First spaceflight | |
Pilot | ![]() Third spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | ![]() | |
Mission Specialist 2 | ![]() First spaceflight | |
[5] [7] |
A Crew-3 backup crew has not been announced.
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | TBA | |
Pilot | TBA | |
Mission Specialist 1 | TBA | |
Mission Specialist 2 | TBA |
Mission
The third SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program is currently scheduled to launch in September 2021.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c 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 Clark, Stephen (16 November 2020). "Launch Schedule". Spaceflight Now.
- ^ Foust, Jeff (30 September 2020). "SpaceX has busy manifest of Dragon missions". Space News. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Ralph, Eric (9 June 2020). "SpaceX wins NASA approval to launch astronauts on reused rockets and spacecraft". teslarati.com. 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.
- ^ Manned Spaceflight Tweets [@MannedTweets] (8 September 2020). "ESA astronaut, Matthias Maurer, will fly on Crew-3 in September 2021" (Tweet) – 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.