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Launch Date
10/5/2022
Launch Site
KSC LC39A
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Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5 (Falcon 9 Family)
The Crew-5 crew will serve on the International Space Station for up to six months before being relieved by the Crew-6 mission next spring.
Crew-5 spent 157 days aboard the International Space Station.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch Crew-3 on 2021-10-31 and is scheduled to fly Crew-4 and Crew-5 in 2022.
SpaceX scheduled the Crew-4 mission for spring 2022 and planned Crew-5 likely for fall 2022.
NASA International Space Station officials required a seat barter agreement between NASA and Roscosmos to be finalized by late June in order to have Anna Kikina fly on the Crew-5 Crew Dragon mission in early September and an American astronaut, likely Frank Rubio, fly on the Soyuz MS-22 mission launching later in September.
SpaceX delayed Crew-5 to no earlier than 2022-09-29 after a Falcon 9 booster destined for the mission sustained damage during shipment from SpaceX’s Hawthorne factory to its McGregor test site.
NASA plans to launch a crew to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s Crew-5 commercial crew mission on 2022-10-03 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA delayed the Crew-5 launch one day to 2022-10-04 on 2022-09-27 due to Hurricane Ian.
NASA and SpaceX completed the launch readiness review on 2022-10-03 for the Crew-5 mission.
SpaceX postponed the Starlink launch at Vandenberg from 2022-10-03 to provide additional time for pre-launch checks and initially rescheduled it for 2022-10-04 with a further delay planned if Crew-5 remained on schedule for 2022-10-05.
The first stage booster supporting the Intelsat G-37 mission previously launched Crew-5, GPS III-6, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, and one Starlink mission.
The first stage booster supporting the Intelsat G-37 mission previously launched Crew-5, GPS III-6, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, and one Starlink mission.
The first stage booster on the 2023-10-30 Falcon 9 launch was flying its eighth mission and had previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, and three Starlink missions.
The first stage booster supporting the 2024-03-10 mission previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, and NG-20.
The first stage booster supporting NG-20 previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, and four Starlink missions.
The first stage booster for the 2024-05-23 mission previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20, and six Starlink missions.
The Starlink mission's first stage booster supporting this launch is on its 15th flight and previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20, and eight Starlink missions.
The first stage booster used on the TD7 mission was making its 16th flight and had previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, NG-20, and nine Starlink missions.