 On 30 August 2021, CRS-23 approaches the ISS for an autonomous docking to the Harmony module's forward international docking adapter. | |
| Names | SpX-23 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| COSPAR ID | 2021-078A |
| SATCAT no. | 49117 |
| Mission duration | 32 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Cargo Dragon C208 |
| Spacecraft type | Cargo Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Launch mass | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) |
| Payload mass | 2,207 kg (4,866 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 29 August 2021, 07:14:49 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1061.4) |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | MV GO Searcher |
| Landing date | 1 October 2021, 02:57 UTC [2] |
| Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with International Space Station | |
| Docking port | Harmony forward |
| Docking date | 30 August 2021, 14:30 UTC |
| Undocking date | 30 September 2021, 13:12 UTC |
| Time docked | 30 days, 22 hours, 42 minutes |
 SpaceX CRS-23 mission patch | |
SpaceX CRS-23, also known as SpX-23, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station, successfully launched on 29 August 2021 and docking the following day.[1] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using the Cargo Dragon C208. This was the third flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. It was the second mission for this reusable capsule.
Along with SpaceX Crew-2 (Endeavour) and Inspiration4 (Resilience), C208 was one of three SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft in space simultaneously from 15 to 18 September 2021.
- ^ a b Clark, Stephen (29 August 2021). "SpaceX launches resupply mission to International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Clark, Stephen (1 October 2021). "SpaceX cargo ship streaks across Florida on the way to splashdown". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 1 October 2021.