 Endurance docked at the ISS | |
| Names | USCV-3 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| COSPAR ID | 2021-103A |
| SATCAT no. | 49407 |
| Mission duration | 176 days, 2 hours, 39 minutes, 52 seconds |
| 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 (10 November, 9:03:31 pm EDT) |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1067.2) |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC‑39A |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | MV Shannon |
| Landing date | 6 May 2022, 04:43:23 UTC (12:43:23 am EDT)[2] |
| Landing site | Gulf of Mexico, near Clearwater, Florida |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony forward |
| Docking date | 11 November 2021, 23:32 UTC |
| Undocking date | 5 May 2022, 05:20 UTC[2][3] |
| Time docked | 174 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes |
 Mission patch .jpg) From left: Chari, Marshburn, Maurer and Barron | |
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]
This launch brought the total number of humans who have been to space to more than 600 with Maurer (600) and Barron (601).[6]
- ^ "Dragon Endurance". NASA. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Mass: 12055 kg
- ^ a b Kelvey, Jon (2 May 2022). "Nasa's Crew-3 astronauts set to return to Earth this week". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
Nasa's head of human spaceflight Kathy Lueders said the space agency aims to have the Crew-3 astronauts undock from the ISS in their Crew Dragon spacecraft around pm EDT on Wednesday 4 May, with a splashdown off the Florida coast to follow on 5 May.
- ^ Kanayama, Lee (27 April 2022). "Crew Dragon Freedom makes its first docking at the ISS on the Crew-4 mission". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
This handover is expected to be complete by May 4, when Endurance is slated to depart the ISS, however this timeline will be contingent on recovery weather conditions.
- ^ "SpaceX debuts new Dragon capsule in launch to the International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. 11 November 2021.
- ^ Clark, Stephen. "Astronauts choose 'Endurance' as name for new SpaceX crew capsule – Spaceflight Now". Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Roulette, Joey (10 November 2021). "More than 600 human beings have now been to space". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
They've tipped the number of people to have gone to space to over 600, according to a tally maintained by NASA