SpaceX Crew-1

Not to be confused with Crew Dragon Demo-1 or Crew Dragon Demo-2.

SpaceX Crew-1
Resilience docked to the International Space Station.
Names
  • USCV-1 (2012–2019)
  • Crew-1
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2020-084A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.46920Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration167 days, 6 hours, 29 minutes, 16 seconds
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon Resilience
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Launch mass12,519 kg (27,600 lb)
Landing mass9,616 kg (21,200 lb)
Crew
Crew size4
Members
ExpeditionExpedition 64 / 65
Start of mission
Launch date16 November 2020, 00:27:17 (16 November 2020, 00:27:17) UTC (15 November 7:27:17 pm EST)[1]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5 (B1061.1)
Launch siteKennedy, LC‑39A
End of mission
Recovered byMV GO Navigator
Landing date2 May 2021, 06:56:33 (2 May 2021, 06:56:33) UTC (2:56:33 am EDT)
Landing siteGulf of Mexico, near Panama City, Florida (29°44′50″N 85°59′03″W / 29.747238°N 85.984145°W / 29.747238; -85.984145)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony forward
Docking date17 November 2020, 04:01 UTC[2]
Undocking date5 April 2021, 10:30 UTC
Time docked139 days, 6 hours, 29 minutes
Docking with ISS (relocation)[a]
Docking portHarmony zenith
Docking date5 April 2021, 11:08 UTC
Undocking date2 May 2021, 00:35 UTC[4]
Time docked26 days, 13 hours, 27 minutes

Mission patch[5]

From left: Walker, Glover, Hopkins and Noguchi

SpaceX Crew-1 [6][7] (was also known as USCV-1 or simply Crew-1)[8] was the first operational[b] crewed flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the maiden flight of the Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft. It was also the second crewed orbital flight launch by the United States since that of STS-135 in July 2011. Resilience launched on 16 November 2020 at 00:27:17 UTC[9][c] on a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, along with JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, all members of the Expedition 64 crew.[10][11] The mission was the second overall crewed orbital flight of the Crew Dragon.[12]

Crew-1 was the first operational mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in the Commercial Crew Program. Originally designated "USCV-1" by NASA in 2012, the launch date was delayed several times from the original date of November 2016.[13] The mission was scheduled to depart the ISS on 28 April 2021, but due to weather returned to Earth on 2 May 2021.[14][6][15] The capsule splashed down at 06:56:33 UTC, to be reused on Inspiration4.[16] It was the first nighttime splashdown for NASA astronauts since Apollo 8 in 1968.[17] On 7 February 2021, the Crew-1 broke the record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crewed vehicle, surpassing the 84-day mark set by an Apollo capsule on the final flight to the Skylab (Skylab-4) space station on 8 February 1974.[18]

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