The Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center on 2021-04-23.
The expanded ISS crew size after Crew-2’s arrival is temporary because the Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft will return the four Crew-1 astronauts to Earth on 2021-04-28.
On 2021-04-23, SpaceX and NASA launched the Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station using a Falcon 9 rocket and a Crew Dragon capsule.
SpaceX launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts from three nations on 2021-04-23.
The Crew-1 Crew Dragon spacecraft on the International Space Station will undock at 7:05 a.m. Eastern on 2021-04-28 and splash down in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast at 12:40 p.m. Eastern on 2021-04-28.
NASA and SpaceX are scheduled to launch the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour on a Falcon 9 at 6:11 a.m. Eastern on 2021-04-22 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
If Crew-2 launches on 2021-04-22, the Crew Dragon Endeavour is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station at about 5:30 a.m. Eastern on 2021-04-23.
The Falcon 9 performed a successful static-fire test on 2021-04-17 and a dry dress rehearsal with the four astronauts on 2021-04-18, during which the crew suited up, went to the pad, and boarded Crew Dragon for a practice countdown while the vehicle remained unfueled.
The cargo Dragon mission scheduled for early June and the Crew-2 Crew Dragon spacecraft will occupy the only two docking ports Starliner can use, preventing Starliner from launching until after the cargo Dragon departs in mid-July.
NASA’s commercial crew program manager Steve Stich led evaluations confirming the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 booster were safe for reuse on a crewed mission and assessed vehicle upgrades including an improved battery system and changes to abort thrusters to use more propellant.
The Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour previously launched on the Demo-2 mission in May 2020, the first crewed Crew Dragon mission.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Crew-2 is scheduled to launch 2021-04-22 to transport NASA’s Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA’s Thomas Pesquet, and JAXA’s Akihiko Hoshide to the ISS.
NASA has not yet filled the fourth seat on the Crew-3 commercial crew mission, a Crew Dragon spacecraft scheduled to launch no earlier than 2020-10-23.
The Crew-2 mission is scheduled to launch on 2021-04-22 on the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour, the same capsule that flew the Demo-2 mission.
SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience undocked from the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module on 2021-04-05 at 6:30 a.m. Eastern.
The Crew Dragon currently at the station is flying the first operational commercial crew mission, Crew-1, which launched in November.
Space Adventures previously announced a Crew Dragon mission that would fly well above the station but has not provided schedule updates.
The Inspiration4 mission will use the Crew Dragon spacecraft named Resilience that is currently docked at the International Space Station for the Crew-1 mission.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster previously supported the launches of Crew Dragon Demo-1, RADARSAT Constellation, SXM-7, and five Starlink missions.
The booster that achieved a ninth flight previously launched the uncrewed Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission in March 2019.