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Crew-8 astronauts at the Operations and Checkout Building
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Crew Dragon Endeavour approaching the ISS
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Endeavour docked to the ISS
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Names | USCV-8 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2024-042A |
SATCAT no. | 59097
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Mission duration | 130 days, 22 hours and 30 minutes (in progress) 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 4 March 2024, 03:53UTC [1] [2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 ( B1083.1) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Landing date | August 2024 (planned) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.65° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony forward [3] |
Docking date | 5 March 2024, 07:28 UTC |
Undocking date | 2 May 2024, 12:57 UTC |
Time docked | 58 days, 5 hours and 29 minutes |
Docking with ISS (relocation) [a] | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Docking date | 2 May 2024, 13:46 UTC |
Undocking date | August 2024 (planned) |
Time docked | 71 days, 12 hours and 37 minutes (in progress) |
![]() SpaceX Crew-8 mission patch ![]() (L–R) Grebenkin, Barratt, Dominick and Epps |
SpaceX Crew-8 is the eighth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight and the 13th overall crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. [4] The mission launched on 4 March 2024. [5]
The Crew-8 mission transports four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). Three NASA astronauts, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and one Roscosmos cosmonaut, Alexander Grebenkin, were assigned to the mission. Jeanette Epps was previously assigned to Boeing Starliner missions. [6] [7]
Position [8] | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander |
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Pilot |
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Mission Specialist 1 |
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Mission Specialist 2 |
![]() Expedition 70 / 71 First spaceflight |
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander |
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Pilot |
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Mission Specialist 1 |
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Mission Specialist 2 |
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The eighth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program launched at 3:53 UTC on 4 March 2024. [9] SpaceX sent the 50th astronaut on this Crew Dragon launch. [10]
Following delays due to unfavorable weather conditions in offshore areas of the flight path, [11] [12] the first launch attempt was scrubbed at T−03:25:38 hours due to elevated ascent winds (times are UTC). [13] [14]
Attempt | Planned | Result | Turnaround | Reason | Decision point | Weather go (%) | Notes |
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1 | 3 Mar 2024, 4:16:00 am | Scrubbed | — | Elevated ascent winds | 3 Mar 2024, 12:51 am (T-03:25:38) | 40 [15] | |
2 | 4 Mar 2024, 3:53:00 am | Success | 0 days, 23 hours, 37 minutes | 75 [16] |
To make way for a Boeing Starliner as a part of the Boeing Crew Flight Test that would dock to the forward port of Harmony on June 6, 2024, the crew relocated Crew Dragon Endeavour to the zenith port of Harmony on May 2, 2024, docking to the zenith port at 13:46 UTC. [17] Boeing Starliner Calypso successfully launched on June 5, 2024 and docked to the forward port of Harmony on June 6. [18]
Crew-8 will dock to the forward-facing port of the Harmony module
Endeavour autonomously docked with Harmony's space-facing port, Zenith, at 9:46 a.m. EDT (1346 GMT).
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Names | USCV-8 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2024-042A |
SATCAT no. | 59097
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Mission duration | 130 days, 22 hours and 30 minutes (in progress) 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 4 March 2024, 03:53UTC [1] [2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 ( B1083.1) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Landing date | August 2024 (planned) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.65° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony forward [3] |
Docking date | 5 March 2024, 07:28 UTC |
Undocking date | 2 May 2024, 12:57 UTC |
Time docked | 58 days, 5 hours and 29 minutes |
Docking with ISS (relocation) [a] | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Docking date | 2 May 2024, 13:46 UTC |
Undocking date | August 2024 (planned) |
Time docked | 71 days, 12 hours and 37 minutes (in progress) |
![]() SpaceX Crew-8 mission patch ![]() (L–R) Grebenkin, Barratt, Dominick and Epps |
SpaceX Crew-8 is the eighth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight and the 13th overall crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. [4] The mission launched on 4 March 2024. [5]
The Crew-8 mission transports four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). Three NASA astronauts, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and one Roscosmos cosmonaut, Alexander Grebenkin, were assigned to the mission. Jeanette Epps was previously assigned to Boeing Starliner missions. [6] [7]
Position [8] | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander |
![]() Expedition 70 / 71 First spaceflight | |
Pilot |
![]() Expedition 70 / 71 Third spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 |
![]() Expedition 70 / 71 First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 |
![]() Expedition 70 / 71 First spaceflight |
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander |
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Pilot |
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Mission Specialist 1 |
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Mission Specialist 2 |
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The eighth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program launched at 3:53 UTC on 4 March 2024. [9] SpaceX sent the 50th astronaut on this Crew Dragon launch. [10]
Following delays due to unfavorable weather conditions in offshore areas of the flight path, [11] [12] the first launch attempt was scrubbed at T−03:25:38 hours due to elevated ascent winds (times are UTC). [13] [14]
Attempt | Planned | Result | Turnaround | Reason | Decision point | Weather go (%) | Notes |
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1 | 3 Mar 2024, 4:16:00 am | Scrubbed | — | Elevated ascent winds | 3 Mar 2024, 12:51 am (T-03:25:38) | 40 [15] | |
2 | 4 Mar 2024, 3:53:00 am | Success | 0 days, 23 hours, 37 minutes | 75 [16] |
To make way for a Boeing Starliner as a part of the Boeing Crew Flight Test that would dock to the forward port of Harmony on June 6, 2024, the crew relocated Crew Dragon Endeavour to the zenith port of Harmony on May 2, 2024, docking to the zenith port at 13:46 UTC. [17] Boeing Starliner Calypso successfully launched on June 5, 2024 and docked to the forward port of Harmony on June 6. [18]
Crew-8 will dock to the forward-facing port of the Harmony module
Endeavour autonomously docked with Harmony's space-facing port, Zenith, at 9:46 a.m. EDT (1346 GMT).