SpaceX Crew-2 (Crew Dragon Endeavour)

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  21030 Launch date - time  23 Apr 2021 - 09:49:02 UTC Launch site  CCK, SLC-39A Launch vehicle  Falcon-9 v1.2 (B1061.2) Spacecraft  Dragon (D2 C206.2 - Endeavour) Mass (kg)  12055? kg Total cargo mass (kg)   kg Mission  2e SpaceX 4 manned launch to ISS Docking date - time  24 Apr 2021 - 09:07:55 UTC Target spacecraft/port  ISS/Harmony IDA-2/PMA-2 Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  418-422 km    - Inclination  51.66°    - Period   min Undocking date - time  21 Jul 2021 - 10:45 UTC Redocking date - time  21 Jul 2021 - 11:35 UTC Target spacecraft/port  ISS/Harmony IDA-3 Undocking date - time  08 Nov 2021 - 19:05 UTC Deorbit burn date - time  09 Nov 2021 - 02:39 UTC Landing date - time  09 Nov 2021 - 03:33 UTC Landing location  87.5W 29.8N Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  199d 17h 44m 13s Nbr orbits  3194 Landing crew  launch crew

Launched Crew

Launch crew: McArthur, Pesquet, Hoshide and Kimbrough.

Backup Crew

Description:

• Crew Dragon is a crewed space capsule designed by SpaceX to ferry crews to the International space station. It is based on the unmanned Dragon supply capsule.

Description:

Mission details:

• ISS exp.65.
• On Apr 23, 2021 at 0949:02 UTC SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center LC39A with the Dragon SpX Crew-2 mission. Booster B1061, on its 2nd flight, landed on the droneship "Of Course I Still Love You".
  The second stage reached a 190 x 213 km x 51.6 deg orbit 8m49s after launch.
• The Crew Dragon payload consists of Crew Dragon capsule C206 "Endeavour", on its second flight, and a new Crew Dragon Trunk (the 4th) on its first and only flight. Aboard C206 were astronauts Shane Kimbrough (NASA), Megan McArthur (NASA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet (ESA).
• The second stage was deorbited on the first orbit and reentered west of Australia.
  Endeavour reached a rendezvous with the ISS at a range of 400 metres at 0820 UTC Apr 24, and docked with the IDA-2/PMA-2 port at 0908 UTC.
• On Jul 21, 2021 at 1045 UTC astronauts Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide and Pesquet undocked from IDA-2 in Dragon Endeavour and flew around ISS to redock at IDA-3 at 1135 UTC.
  This leaves IDA-2 free for the planned Starliner docking.
• Dragon Crew-2 'Endeavour' undocked from IDA-3 at 1905 UTC Nov 8, 2021 with astronauts Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide and Pesquet. It jettisoned its trunk at 0235 UTC Nov 9 into a 406 x 412 km orbit and performed a deorbit burn at 0239 UTC, landing off the coast of Pensacola, Florida at 0333 UTC Nov 9, at about 87.5W 29.8N.

External links:

• AmericaSpace: 210421-SpaceX Set to Launch Crew-2 for NASA on Friday Morning
  
• AmericaSpace: 210418-SpaceX Static-Fires Falcon 9 for Crew-2, As Boeing OFT-2 Mission Aims for Aug-Sept Launch
  
• AmericaSpace: 210302-Crew-2 Astronauts Discuss Upcoming Mission
  
• AmericaSpace: 210130-Crew-2 Gears Up for 20 April Launch to Space Station
  

Astrophilately covers:

Crew 2 Dragon transported to KSC. Credit: #411

Crew 2 Falcon on launch Pad. Credit: #411

Crew 2 Dragon launch. Credit: #411

Crew 2 Dragon docking. Credit: #411

Crew 2 return from ISS. Credit: #411