SpaceX Crew-1
Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 2020-084A |
SATCAT no. | 46920 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | Mike Hopkins Victor Glover Soichi Noguchi Shannon Walker |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | Q4 2020 NET |
Rocket | Falcon 9 |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 2021 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Inclination | 51.6° |
Docking with ISS | |
Time docked | Six months |
USCV-1 (US Crew Vehicle-1), Crew-1 or Crew-One will be the first crewed operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft.[1][2] The new name for this mission will be SpaceX Crew Dragon-1.[3] It is expected to launch in the second half of 2020 with a crew of three, and is planned to be the third orbital flight of Crew Dragon overall. It will transport four members of the Expedition 64 crew to the International Space Station.
Crew
Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover were announced as the crew on 3 August 2018.[4] Japanese Astronaut Soichi Noguchi and a third NASA Astronaut, Shannon Walker were added (unofficial) to the crew closer to the launch date.[5]
Position | Astronaut | |
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Commander | Michael S. Hopkins, NASA Expedition 64 Second spaceflight | |
Pilot | Victor J. Glover, NASA Expedition 64 First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Soichi Noguchi, JAXA Expedition 64 Third spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | Shannon Walker, NASA Expedition 64 Second spaceflight |
Back-up crew
Kjell N. Lindgren will serve as a backup for both the test flight and the first operational mission crews for Crew Dragon.
See also
References
- ^ "Upcoming Missions". spacexnow.com.
- ^ Twitter message by Victor Glover, 12 April 2019
- ^ https://www.nasa.gov/specials/ccp-press-kit/main.html
- ^ Lewis, Marie (3 August 2018). "Meet the Astronauts Flying SpaceX's Demo-2". Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=740.3040