SpaceX Crew-1 (Dragon Resilience)

USA / SpaceX

Manned Flight nº: 324

Earth orbit Flight nº: 320

US/SpaceX manned Flight nº: 168/2

100th manned flight to ISS. Flight: ISS-**

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	46920 / 20084A
Launch date - time	16 Nov 2020 - 00:27:17 UTC
Launch site	CCK, LC-39A
Launch vehicle	Falcon-9 v1.2 (B1061.1)
Spacecraft	Dragon (D2 C207.1)
Mass (kg)	12055? kg
Total cargo mass (kg)	kg
Mission	1e SpaceX 4 manned launch to ISS
Docking date - time	17 Nov 2020 - 04:01 UTC
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Harmony IDA-2/PMA-2
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	400 km
- Inclination	51.66°
- Period	min
Undocking date - time	05 Apr 2021 - 10:30 UTC
Redocking date - time	05 Apr 2021 - ?? UTC
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Harmony IDA-3/PMA-3
Undocking date - time	02 May 2021 - 00:34:58 UTC
Deorbit burn date - time	02 May 2021 - 0603:12 to 0619:39 UTC
Landing date - time	02 May 2021 - 06:56:43 UTc
Landing location	29° 44.8343′ N, 85° 59.0487′ W
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	167d 06h 29m 26s
Nbr orbits	2688
Landing crew	launch crew

Launched Crew

Nr.	Name	Job	Duration	Orbits
1	Hopkins, Michael (US)	CDR	167d 06h 29m 26s	2688
2	Glover, Victor (US)	PLT	167d 06h 29m 26s	2688
3	Noguchi, Soichi (Japon)	MS-1	167d 06h 29m 26s	2688
4	Walker, Shannon (US)	MS-2	167d 06h 29m 26s	2688

Launch crew: Walker, Hopkins, Glover and Noguchi.

Backup Crew

Nr.	Name	Job
1/2	Lindgren, Kjell (US)	Commander
3	Hoshide, Akihiko (Japon)	Commander

Description:

Crew Dragon is a crewed space capsule designed by SpaceX and built under NASA′s Commercial Crew Program (CCP).
The mission is transporting the four members of Expedition 64 to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission marks the first crewed operational flight of Crew Dragon and of the Commercial Crew Program. The members of Expedition 64 are three NASA astronauts, Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi.
It is based on the unmanned Dragon supply capsule.

NASA has assigned astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley (left and center-left) for the Crew Dragon′s first piloted test flight in orbit, named Demo-2. Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover (center-right and right) will fly on the Crew Dragon′s first operational Crew-1 rotation mission. Credit: NASA.

Dragon Resilience arrived in Florida in August and was transported to Pad 39A begin nov. for integration atop the Falcon 9. Photo Credit: SpaceX

Description:

This mission was initially announced in November 2012, with a launch date set for November 2016. In late March/April 2013, it was announced that the launch would be delayed by one year to November 2017. As of May 2020, the mission′s launch date was expected to be August 30, 2020, but delayed till October 31.
USCV-1′s Crew Dragon spacecraft, serial number C207, will dock to the International Docking Adapter (IDA) attached to PMA-2 on the forward port of Harmony. The mission involves four crew members. In preparation for the launch, NASA and Roscosmos officials designated a backup Soyuz spacecraft. When it is time to rotate crews after about six months, USCV-2 will begin preparing for launch.

Mission details:

ISS exp.63/64.
The SpaceX Crew-1 mission launched on November 16, 2020 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA′s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is the first crew rotation flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket following certification by NASA for regular flights to the space station as part of the agency′s Commercial Crew Program.
Folowing a 15-hours solo flight SpaceX Crew-1 docked to the International Space Station on November 17, 2020.
On Apr 5, 2021 at 1030 UTC the Dragon spaceship Resilience undocked from the IDA-2/PMA-2 docking port on the ISS Harmony module, backed off 60 metres, and redocked with the IDA-3/PMA-3 port on the same module′s zenith side.
On May 2, 2021 at 0035 UTC Resilience undocked from IDA-3/PMA-3 with the Crew-1 astronauts Hopkins, Glover, Noguchi, and Walker. Resilience made burns at 0040, 0128, 0214 and 0407 UTC lowering its orbit slightly to about 400 km. At 0558 UTC the Dragon trunk was jettisoned into a 406 x 411 km orbit. The SpaceX commentary implied the trunk and the deorbit propellant total 6000 lb (about 2700 kg) and the Dragon entry mass was 21000 lb (9500 kg); the trunk mass is a surprisingly large 2300 kg.
Dragon′s deorbit burn was from 0603:12 to 0619:39 UTC and decreased the spaceship′s velocity by 115.2m/s; entry interface was at 0645 UTC and the vehicle splashed down off the coast of Panama City, Florida, near 86.0W 29.75N, at about 0656:43 UTC May 2.
SpaceX Crew-1 is the first night splashdown of a U.S. crewed spacecraft since Apollo 8′s predawn return in the Pacific Ocean on December 27, 1968, with astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders.