SpaceX CRS-27

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SpaceX CRS-27
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CRS-27 on the pad
NamesSpX-27
Mission type ISS resupply
Operator SpaceX
COSPAR ID 2023-033A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 55850 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Mission duration31 days, 20 hours and 28 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Cargo Dragon   C209
Spacecraft type Cargo Dragon
Manufacturer SpaceX
Dry mass9,525 kg (20,999 lb)
DimensionsHeight: 8.1 m (27 ft)
Diameter: 4 m (13 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date15 March 2023, 00:30 UTC [1]
Rocket Falcon 9, B1073.7
Launch site Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A
Contractor SpaceX
End of mission
Recovered by MV Shannon
Landing date15 April 2023, 20:58 UTC [2]
Landing site Gulf of Mexico
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric orbit
Regime Low Earth orbit
Inclination 51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking port Harmony forward
Docking date16 March 2023, 11:31 UTC
Undocking date15 April 2023, 15:05 UTC
Time docked30 days, 3 hours and 34 minutes
Cargo
Mass2,852 kg (6,288 lb)
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SpaceX CRS-27 mission patch  

SpaceX CRS-27, also known as SpX-27, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 15 March 2023. [1] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using Cargo Dragon C209. This was the seventh flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2. [3]

Contents

Cargo Dragon

SpaceX plans to reuse the Cargo Dragons up to five times. The Cargo Dragon will launch without SuperDraco abort engines, without seats, cockpit controls and the life support system required to sustain astronauts in space. [4] [5] Dragon 2 improves on Dragon 1 in several ways, including lessened refurbishment time, leading to shorter periods between flights. [6]

The new Cargo Dragon capsules under the NASA CRS Phase 2 contract will land east of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean. [4] [6]

Payload

NASA contracted for the CRS-27 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date of launch, and orbital parameters for the Cargo Dragon. [7]

STP-H9

A technology demonstration mission which consists of the following payloads: [8] [9]

Research

Various experiments were transported to the orbiting laboratory, and provided valuable insight for researchers. These include student projects that were given the opportunity to fly and operate their experiments on the ISS as part of DLR's Überflieger 2 competition. Among them are the projects:

European Space Agency (ESA) research and activities: [11]

NASA Glenn Research Center studies: [12]

Materials International Space Station Experiment MISSE-17:

Mouse Habitat Unit-8 (MHU-8)mission - The NASA-JAXA Joint Partial-gravity Rodent Research Mouse Habitat Unit-8 (JPG-RR MHU-8) mission tested the impact of spaceflight and induced partial gravities on mice. The gravities tested were 0, 0.33, 0.66, 1 g. An interdisciplinary team of investigators will study how multiple biological systems (bone, muscle, cardiovascular system, neuro-performance, circadian rhythms, and microbiome) respond to these conditions. [13]

CubeSats

CubeSats planned for this mission:

NEUDOSE [14]

The NEUtron DOSimetry & Exploration (NEUDOSE) mission from the McMaster Interdisciplinary Satellite Team [15] aims to further our understanding of long-term exposure to space radiation by investigating how charged and neutral particles contribute to the human equivalent dose during low-Earth orbit (LEO) missions. NEUDOSE is a 2U CubeSat built by students at McMaster University. The scientific goals [16] [17] of the project are to:

The mission objectives also include providing early-career science and engineering students with valuable leadership, technical, and flight project development skills. [14] Furthermore, the NEUDOSE mission is involved with the development of amateur radio operators and custom hardware. [18]

Northern SPIRIT

Three CubeSat satellites were built in part of the Northern Space Program for Innovative Research and Integrated Training (Northern SPIRIT). These CubeSats were constructed as a collaboration between Yukon University, Aurora Research Institute in the Northwest Territories, and the University of Alberta. [19] This initiative is supported by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) as a part of the Canadian CubeSat Project (CCP). In addition to what's below, all three satellites have a primary goal of gathering magnetic field data of the ionosphere to study small scale field-aligned currents. [19]

ELaNa 50

This new iteration of the ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) initiative will consist of two cubesats from American education institutes:

See also

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