SpaceX Crew-3
2021 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS and maiden flight of Crew Dragon Endurance / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SpaceX Crew-3 was the Crew Dragon's third NASA Commercial Crew operational flight, and its fifth overall crewed orbital flight. The mission successfully launched on 11 November 2021 at 02:03:31 UTC to the International Space Station.[4] It was the maiden flight of Crew Dragon Endurance.[5]
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Names | USCV-3 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2021-103A |
SATCAT no. | 49407 |
Mission duration | 176 days, 2 hours and 39 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endurance |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 12,055 kg (26,577 lb)[1] |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | |
Expedition | Expedition 66 / 67 |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 11 November 2021, 02:03:31 UTC |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1067.2) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | MV Shannon |
Landing date | 6 May 2022, 04:43 UTC[2] |
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 | 11 November 2021, 23:32 UTC |
Undocking date | 5 May 2022, 05:20 UTC [3][2] |
Time docked | 174 days and 6 hours |
SpaceX Crew-3 mission patch Chari, Marshburn, Maurer and Barron |
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This launch brought the total number of humans who have been to space to more than 600 with Maurer (600) and Barron (601).[6]