![]() Endeavour and B1061.2 at LC-39A ahead of launch | |
Names | SpX-2 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
Mission duration | 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon C206 Endeavour |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) |
Landing mass | 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 23 April 2021, 09:49:00 UTC (planned)[1][2] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5, B1061.2 |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Landing date | October 2021 (planned) |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony forward |
Docking date | 24 April 2021, 09:10 UTC |
Undocking date | May 2021 |
Time docked | 30 days (planned) |
Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Docking date | May 2021 (planned) |
Undocking date | 2021 (planned) |
Time docked | 160 days (planned) |
![]() SpaceX Crew-2 mission patch ![]() (l-r) McArthur, Pesquet, Hoshide and Kimbrough |
SpaceX Crew-2 will be the second crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the third overall crewed orbital flight. The mission is planned to launch on 23 April 2021 at 09:49:00 UTC (5:49:00 AM EDT).[1][2] The Crew-2 mission will transport four members of the crew to the International Space Station (ISS).[3] Crew-2 is also planned to use the same capsule as Demo-2 and same booster as Crew-1.
On 28 July 2020, JAXA, ESA and NASA confirmed their astronaut assignments aboard this mission.[4][5] Alongside the 3 other crew members, Megan McArthur will use the same seat of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor in this mission which her husband, Bob Behnken, used in SpaceX Demo-2 mission, the first mission of the Endeavor capsule.[6]
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | ![]() Expedition 65/66 Third spaceflight | |
Pilot | ![]() Expedition 65/66 Second spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | ![]() Expedition 65/66 Third spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | ![]() Expedition 65/66 Second spaceflight |
German astronaut Matthias Maurer is the backup for Pesquet, while Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa trained as backup to Hoshide.[5][7]
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | TBA | |
Pilot | TBA | |
Mission Specialist 1 | ![]() | |
Mission Specialist 2 | ![]() |
The second SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program is currently scheduled to launch on 23 April 2021.[1][2] The Crew Dragon Endeavour (C206), will dock to the International Docking Adapter (IDA) on the Harmony module. All crew are veteran astronauts, though this will be Megan McArthur's first visit to the ISS (as her first spaceflight was a shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope). Akihiko Hoshide will serve as the second Japanese ISS commander during his stay.[4]
This is the second mission by Thomas Pesquet to the International Space Station and will be called Alpha, after Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth, following the French tradition to name space missions after stars or constellations.[5] This mission will be the first one with a used booster and astronauts onboard.
MET | Time (EST) | Time (UTC) | Date (UTC) | Event [8] |
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−8:11:00 | 10:00:00 PM | 2:00:00 | 23 April 2021 |
Crew wake |
−05:30:00 | 12:41:35 AM | 4:41:35 | CE launch readiness briefing | |
−05:00:00 | 1:11:35 AM | 5:11:35 | Launch shift on console | |
−04:59:59 | 1:11:36 AM | 5:11:36 | Dragon IMU align and configure for launch. | |
−04:30:00 | 1:41:35 AM | 5:41:35 | Dragon propellant pressurization | |
−04:20:00 | 1:51:35 AM | 5:51:35 | Crew weather brief | |
−04:05:00 | 2:06:35 AM | 6:06:35 | Crew handoff | |
−04:00:00 | 2:11:35 AM | 6:11:35 | Suit donning and checkouts | |
−03:20:00 | 2:51:35 AM | 6:51:35 | Crew walk out of Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building | |
−03:15:00 | 2:56:35 AM | 6:56:35 | Crew transportation to Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) | |
−02:55:00 | 3:16:35 AM | 7:16:35 | Crew arrives at pad | |
−02:35:00 | 3:36:35 AM | 7:36:35 | Crew ingress | |
−02:20:00 | 3:51:35 AM | 7:51:35 | Communication check | |
−02:15:00 | 3:56:35 AM | 7:56:35 | Verify ready seat rotation | |
−02:14:00 | 3:57:35 AM | 7:57:35 | Suit leak checks | |
−01:55:00 | 4:16:35 AM | 8:16:35 | Hatch close | |
−01:10:00 | 5:01:35 AM | 9:01:35 | ISS state upload to Dragon | |
−00:45:00 | 5:26:35 AM | 9:26:35 | SpaceX launch director verifies go for propellant load | |
−00:42:00 | 5:29:35 AM | 9:29:35 | Crew access arm retracts | |
−00:37:00 | 5:34:35 AM | 9:34:35 | Dragon launch escape system is armed. | |
−00:35:00 | 5:36:35 AM | 9:36:35 | RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins; 1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins. | |
−00:16:00 | 5:55:35 AM | 9:55:35 | 2nd stage LOX loading begins. | |
−00:07:00 | 6:04:35 AM | 10:04:35 | Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch. | |
−00:05:00 | 6:06:35 AM | 10:06:35 | Dragon transitions to internal power | |
−00:01:00 | 6:10:35 AM | 10:10:35 | Command flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks; propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins. | |
−00:00:45 | 6:10:50 AM | 10:10:50 | SpaceX launch director verifies go for launch. | |
−00:00:03 | 6:11:32 AM | 10:11:32 | Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start. | |
+00:00:00 | 6:11:35 AM | 10:11:35 | Liftoff | |
+00:01:02 | 6:12:37 AM | 10:12:37 | Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket) | |
+00:02:36 | 6:14:11 AM | 10:14:11 | 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO) | |
+00:02:39 | 6:14:14 AM | 10:14:14 | 1st and 2nd stages separate | |
+00:02:47 | 6:14:22 AM | 10:14:22 | 2nd stage engine starts | |
+00:07:27 | 6:19:02 AM | 10:19:02 | 1st stage entry burn | |
+00:08:47 | 6:20:22 AM | 10:20:22 | 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1) | |
+00:09:03 | 6:20:38 AM | 10:20:38 | 1st stage landing burn | |
+00:09:30 | 6:21:05 AM | 10:21:05 | 1st stage landing | |
+00:11:58 | 6:23:33 AM | 10:23:33 | Crew Dragon separates from 2nd stage | |
+00:13:02 | 6:24:37 AM | 10:24:37 | Dragon nosecone open sequence begins |
The SpaceX Crew-2 is scheduled to arrive at the ISS on 24 April 2021, well ahead of the launch and docking to the Nauka module of a Proton-M rocket on 15 July 2021 that will carry a portion of the European Robotic Arm (the other portion arrived aboard the STS-132 Space Shuttle mission on 16 May, 2010, and is attached to the Rassvet module).[9]
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