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The overlap after Crew-9 arrived was slightly longer than usual to allow time to reconfigure Crew-8 and Crew-9 as the Starliner astronauts moved to Crew-9. The return of Crew-8 was delayed for several additional weeks due to poor weather conditions in the splashdown zones surrounding Florida caused by Hurricane Milton and several other storms. [20]
The four members of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission returned to Earth Friday morning, following months of delays.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, brought NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Russian Cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin back to Earth at 17,500 mph after ...
Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut splashed to Earth early Friday, Oct. 25, after a nearly eight-month science mission at the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX Crew-8 mission ...
Reached an altitude of 88.8 km (55.2 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space. 357 Matthew Dominick Michael Barratt (3) Jeanette Epps Alexander Grebenkin: 4 March 2024 SpaceX Crew-8, Endeavour: ISS (crew 70/71) 25 October 2024 SpaceX Crew-8, Endeavour: ISS crew rotation. 358 Oleg Novitsky (4) Marina Vasilevskaya: 23 March 2024, Soyuz MS-25 ...
Astronaut Jim McDivitt's crew, who were training to fly the first lunar module flight in low Earth orbit, became the crew for the Apollo 9 mission, and Borman's crew were moved to the Apollo 8 mission. This left Borman's crew with two to three months' less training and preparation time than originally planned, and replaced the planned lunar ...
The year 2024 had major space events including a total solar eclipse and historic moon landing. There were moments, though, that reminded us how challenging space exploration can be.
As of March 2024, Crew Dragon has made 13 crewed spaceflights. The first crewed flight, Crew Dragon Demo-2, launched on 30 May 2020 and returned to Earth on 2 August 2020. This was the first time an American spacecraft had sent astronauts to orbit since the final Space Shuttle flight in July 2011. [7]