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Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
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Operator | NASA / SpaceX |
Mission duration | ~210 days [1] |
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 | August 2020 (planned) [2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 2021 |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Inclination | 51.6° |
Docking with ISS | |
Time docked | Six months (planned) |
Crew Dragon crewed flights |
USCV-1 (US Crew Vehicle-1), also known as SpaceX Crew Dragon-1 and abbreviated as Crew-1 or Crew-One, will be the first crewed operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and its third overall orbital flight.[3][4][5] As of April 2020, the mission is expected to launch in August 2020 and transport four members of the Expedition 63/64 crew to the International Space Station.
Crew[edit]
Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover were announced as the crew on 3 August 2018.[6] A Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and a third NASA astronaut, Shannon Walker were added on 31 March 2020 to the crew[7].
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | Michael S. Hopkins, NASA Expedition 63 Second spaceflight | |
Joint operations commander | Victor J. Glover, NASA Expedition 63 First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Soichi Noguchi, JAXA Expedition 63 Third spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | Shannon Walker, NASA Expedition 63 Second spaceflight |
Back-up crew[edit]
Position[8] | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA Second spaceflight | |
Joint operations commander | TBA, NASA TBA spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | TBA TBA spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | TBA TBA spaceflight |
Crew notes[edit]
Glover will become the first African-American astronaut to live aboard the ISS, this honor was originally set to go to NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps who was scheduled to launch aboard Soyuz MS-09 in June 2018, serving as flight engineer on Expedition 56/57, although she was removed from the flight with no official reason given before launch[9].
Mission[edit]
This mission was initially announced in November 2012, that it would be launching in November 2016. In late March/April 2013, it was announced that the launch would be delayed by one year to November 2017.[10] As of April 2020, the missions launch date is expected to be August 2020.[9]
The USCV-1 launch is meant to involve a docking to the Node 2 Forward port using an ISS Docking Adapter (IDA) attached to PMA-2. This launch involves four crew members, one of them being Russian in order to allow for rotation on the ISS. When prepping for this launch, they make sure to create a backup in the form of a Soyuz spacecraft. When it is time to rotate crews after about six months, USCV-2 will begin prepping for launch.[11][10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.nasa.gov/specials/dm2/
- ^ "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.
- ^ "NASA, JAXA assign two more astronauts to second piloted Crew Dragon flight". 31 March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=4568
- ^ a b https://www.cbsnews.com/news/astronauts-reassigned-in-surprise-space-station-crew-shuffle/
- ^ a b "USCV-1: NASA planners slip first ISS commercial crew mission to late 2017". NASASpaceFlight.com. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Year in Review (Part IV) - ISS sails into New Year following successful 2012". NASASpaceFlight.com. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2020.