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An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is a modified ocean-going barge equipped with propulsion systems to maintain precise position and a large landing platform. SpaceX developed these vessels to recover the first stage (also called the booster) of its launch vehicles. By recovering and reusing these boosters, SpaceX has significantly ...
SpaceX Crew-2 was the second operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the third overall crewed orbital flight of the Commercial Crew Program. The mission was launched on 23 April 2021 at 09:49:02 UTC , and docked to the International Space Station on 24 April at 09:08 UTC.
Mission. Crew-8 is the eighth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program and the 13th overall crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. [8] The mission launched at 3:53:38 UTC on 4 March 2024 (3 March, 10:53:38 pm EST, local time at the launch site). [9] SpaceX sent the 50th astronaut on this Crew Dragon launch.
Clothing, supplies and SpaceX pressure suits also are going up for Wilmore and Williams, who were launched June 5 on the Starliner's first piloted test flight, a mission initially expected to last ...
SpaceX Crew-5 was the fifth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the eighth overall crewed orbital flight. The mission was successfully launched on 5 October 2022 with the aim of transporting four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). The Crew Dragon spacecraft docked at the ISS on 6 ...
The four members of the Polaris Dawn crew marvel at the Falcon 9 rocket that will soon take them into orbit aboard a SpaceX Dragon. The objectives for the crew's five-day stay aboard a SpaceX Crew ...
Fram2 is a planned private human spaceflight mission, operated by SpaceX on behalf of entrepreneur Chun Wang.During the mission, the 16th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, Wang and his all-civilian crew — Jannicke Mikkelsen, Eric Philips and Rabea Rogge — will be propelled into a polar orbit, a first for a human spaceflight mission.
SpaceX Crew-6 was the sixth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the ninth overall crewed orbital flight. The mission launched on 2 March 2023 at 05:34:14 UTC, and it successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on 3 March 2023 at 06:40 UTC. The Crew-6 mission transported four crew ...