SpaceX Crew-2
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Not to be confused with Crew Dragon Demo-2.
SpaceX Crew-2 was the second operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the third overall crewed orbital flight of the Commercial Crew Program. The mission was launched on 23 April 2021 at 09:49:02 UTC, and docked to the International Space Station on 24 April at 09:08 UTC.[2]
Quick Facts Names, Mission type ...
Names | USCV-2 (2012–2019) Crew-2 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2021-030A |
SATCAT no. | 48209 |
Mission duration | 199 days, 17 hours and 43 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 12,055 kg (26,577 lb)[1] |
Landing mass | 9,616 kg (21,200 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | |
Expedition | Expedition 65 / 66 |
EVAs | 4 |
EVA duration | 27 hours and 22 minutes |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 23 April 2021, 09:49:02 (2021-04-23UTC09:49:02Z) UTC[2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1061.2) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | GO Navigator |
Landing date | 9 November 2021, 03:33 UTC |
Landing site | Gulf of Mexico |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with International Space Station | |
Docking port | Harmony forward |
Docking date | 24 April 2021, 09:10 UTC |
Undocking date | 21 July 2021, 10:45 UTC |
Time docked | 88 days |
Docking with International Space Station (relocation) [3] [lower-alpha 1] | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Docking date | 21 July 2021, 11:36 UTC |
Undocking date | 8 November 2021, 19:05 UTC [5] |
Time docked | 110 days |
SpaceX Crew-2 mission patch McArthur, Pesquet, Hoshide and Kimbrough |
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SpaceX Crew-2 used the same capsule as Crew Dragon Demo-2 (Endeavour) and launched on the same Falcon 9 booster as SpaceX Crew-1 (B1061.1).
With its return to Earth the evening of 9 November 2021, the mission set a record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crewed spacecraft, 199 days.[6]