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SpaceX Crew-3
A previous flight of the capsule as it approaches the ISS.
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2021-103A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.49407Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration180 days
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon Resilience
ManufacturerSpaceX
Launch mass6,000 kg (13,000 lb)
Landing mass3,000 kg (6,600 lb)
Crew
Crew size4
MembersTBA
Start of mission
Launch dateSeptember 2021 (planned)[1]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
Landing date2021
Landing siteAtlantic Ocean
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Time dockedSix months (planned)
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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]

Prime crew
Position Astronaut
Spacecraft commander United States TBA, NASA
Pilot United States TBA, NASA
Mission Specialist 1 United States TBA, NASA
Mission Specialist 2 Germany Matthias Maurer, ESA
First spaceflight
[5]

A Crew-3 backup crew has not been announced.

Backup crew
Position Astronaut
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Clark, Stephen (16 November 2020). "Launch Schedule". Spaceflight Now.
  3. ^ Foust, Jeff (30 September 2020). "SpaceX has busy manifest of Dragon missions". Space News. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ Ralph, Eric (9 June 2020). "SpaceX wins NASA approval to launch astronauts on reused rockets and spacecraft". teslarati.com. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b Becker, Joachim Wilhelm Josef (13 November 2020). "Spaceflight mission report: SpaceX Crew-3". Space Facts. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  6. ^ Manned Spaceflight Tweets [@MannedTweets] (8 September 2020). "ESA astronaut, Matthias Maurer, will fly on Crew-3 in September 2021" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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