 Crew Dragon Freedom, attached to the ISS, as it passes over Colorado | |
| Names | USCV-9 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-178A |
| SATCAT no. | 61447 |
| Mission duration | 35 days, 11 hours, 38 minutes (in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Freedom |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 up, 4 down |
| Members | |
| Landing | |
| Expedition | Expedition 72 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 28 September 2024, 17:17:21 UTC (1:17:21 pm EDT) |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1085.2), Flight 378 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | February 2025 (planned) |
| Landing site | Pacific Ocean (planned) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony forward |
| Docking date | 29 September 2024, 21:30 UTC |
| Undocking date | 3 November 2024 (planned) |
| Time docked | 34 days, 7 hours, 25 minutes (in progress) |
| Docking with ISS (relocation) | |
| Docking port | Harmony zenith |
| Docking date | 3 November 2024 (planned) |
| Undocking date | February 2025 (planned)[1] |
| Time docked | 90 days (planned) |
  NASA (left) and SpaceX (right) mission patches  From left: Gorbunov and Hague | |
SpaceX Crew-9 is the ninth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 15th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. Originally scheduled to launch a crew of four to the International Space Station (ISS) in mid-August 2024, the mission was delayed by more than a month due to technical issues with the Boeing Starliner Calypso spacecraft that was docked at the ISS for the Boeing Crew Flight Test. NASA ultimately decided to send the Starliner back to Earth uncrewed, launch Crew-9 with two crew members, and return with four crew members, including the two crew members of the Boeing Crew Flight Test. After that delay and other delays largely due to weather, Crew-9 launched on 28 September at 17:17:21 UTC (1:17:21 pm EDT, local time at the launch site).
The Crew-9 mission marked several milestones. It was the first crewed mission to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40; astronaut Nick Hague was the first active U.S. Space Force Guardian to launch to space since the branch was established in 2019; and the mission is expected to be the first Crew Dragon to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
- ^ Niles-Carnes, Elyna (12 September 2024). "NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Mission". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 15 September 2024.