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Launch Date
3/4/2024
Launch Site
KSC LC39A
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Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5 (Falcon 9 Family)
Crew-8's Crew Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station at approximately 7 a.m. Eastern on 2024-03-02.
The Crew-8 astronauts completed a seven-month science expedition aboard the International Space Station prior to their return operations.
All four Crew-8 members were taken to a local medical facility for additional evaluation separate from the standard medical evaluations performed on the recovery ship.
The Crew-8 crew spent 235 days in space, including 232 days aboard the International Space Station.
A Falcon 9 launched NASA’s Crew-8 mission from Launch Complex 39A at 10:53 p.m. Eastern on 2024-03-03.
NASA completed a flight readiness review on 2024-02-25 for the Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station.
The Crew-8 mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 2024-03-03, at 10:53 p.m. EST.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled to launch Dragon’s eighth operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-8) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX and NASA previously delayed the Crew-8 launch from 2024-03-01 due to poor weather in the downrange offshore area required for crew recovery in the event of an abort.
The first stage booster supporting the 2024-05-08 Kennedy Space Center launch was flying for the third time after previously launching Crew-8 and a Starlink mission.
The Crew-8 crew launched 2024-03-03 on the Dragon spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The first stage booster previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, IM-2, Commercial GTO-1, and eight Starlink missions.
The first stage booster previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, IM-2, Commercial GTO-1, and nine Starlink missions.