SpaceX Crew-2

SpaceX Crew-2
	Endeavour approaches the ISS
Names	USCV-2 (2012–2019); Crew-2;
Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	SpaceX
COSPAR ID	2021-030A
SATCAT no.	48209
Mission duration	199 days, 17 hours, 44 minutes, 13 seconds
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Crew Dragon Endeavour
Spacecraft type	Crew Dragon
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Launch mass	12,055 kg (26,577 lb)
Landing mass	9,616 kg (21,200 lb)
Crew
Crew size	4
Members	Shane Kimbrough ; K. Megan McArthur ; Akihiko Hoshide ; Thomas Pesquet ;
Expedition	Expedition 65 / 66
Start of mission
Launch date	23 April 2021, 09:49:02 UTC (5:27:17 am EDT)
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1061.2)
Launch site	Kennedy, LC‑39A
End of mission
Recovered by	MV GO Navigator
Landing date	9 November 2021, 03:33:15 UTC (10:33:15 am EST)
Landing site	Gulf of Mexico, near Pensacola, Florida
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Inclination	51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Harmony forward
Docking date	24 April 2021, 09:07:55 UTC
Undocking date	21 July 2021, 10:45 UTC
Time docked	88 days, 1 hour, 37 minutes

Last updated February 25, 2025

SpaceX Crew-2

Crew-2 astronauts before flight
Launch of Crew-2
Endeavour approaching the ISS
View of the ISS from Endeavour
Crew-2 reentering the atmosphere

Notes

1 2 From an orbital dynamics perspective, the forward port is easier to approach, and therefore, new vehicles use this approach for their first docking. The Boeing Starliner was scheduled to make its first docking on OFT-2 at the end of July 2021; therefore, Crew-2 relocated to the zenith port to clear the forward port for OFT-2.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "Dragon Endeavour 2". NASA. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021. Mass: 12055 kg
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↑ "NASA TV to Air Crew Dragon Crew-2 Port Relocation on Space Station". NASA. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
↑ "Starliner capsule fueled for unpiloted test flight to International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
1 2 Loff, Sarah (7 November 2021). "NASA, SpaceX Adjust Crew-2 Station Departure Date". blogs.nasa. Retrieved 7 November 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ Kathleen Ellis (9 November 2021). "Crew-2 Astronauts Safely Splash Down in Gulf of Mexico". NASA. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
1 2 "JAXA星出彰彦宇宙飛行士の国際宇宙ステーション（ISS）長期滞在搭乗機決定について". jaxa.jp (in Japanese). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
1 2 3 "Thomas Pesquet first ESA astronaut to ride a Dragon to space". ESA Science and Exploration. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
↑ Powell, Joel [@ShuttleAlmanac] (19 November 2020). "JAXA has announced long stay visits to the ISS for 2022 and 2023" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ Potter, Sean (5 March 2021). "NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Next Commercial Crew Launch". NASA. Retrieved 5 March 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
↑ Clark, Stephen (5 March 2021). "Next Crew Dragon launch set for April 22". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
↑ Drake, Nadia (23 April 2021). "SpaceX launches first astronauts on a reused rocket". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
↑ Thompson, Amy (23 April 2021). "SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station, nails rocket landing". Space.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
↑ "Megan to reuse Bob's demo-2 seat in crew-2 mission". aljazeera.com. 20 April 2020.
↑ "Mission Timeline for Launch Thursday, April 23 at 5:49:02 EST". Spaceflight Now.
↑ Garcia, Mark (24 April 2021). "NASA TV Covers SpaceX Crew-2 Docking to Station Today". blogs.nasa. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ "SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour docks with ISS". france24.com. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
↑ Cawley, James (24 April 2021). "Crew Dragon Docks to Station, Hatches Open Soon". blogs.nasa. Retrieved 13 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ Cawley, James (17 November 2020). "Hatches Open, Crew Dragon Astronauts Join Expedition 64". blogs.nasa. Retrieved 13 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ "SPACE SHUTTLE MUSIC" (PDF). NASA. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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[relocation-5] 1 2 From an orbital dynamics perspective, the forward port is easier to approach, and therefore, new vehicles use this approach for their first docking. The Boeing Starliner was scheduled to make its first docking on OFT-2 at the end of July 2021; therefore, Crew-2 relocated to the zenith port to clear the forward port for OFT-2.^[3]^[4]

[NASANSSDCADatabase-1] "Dragon Endeavour 2". NASA. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021. Mass: 12055 kg

[space23421-2] 1 2 "SpaceX's Crew-2 launch lights up the predawn sky with a spectacular show (photos)". Space.com . 23 April 2021.

[3] "NASA TV to Air Crew Dragon Crew-2 Port Relocation on Space Station". NASA. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[4] "Starliner capsule fueled for unpiloted test flight to International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[nasa20211107-6] 1 2 Loff, Sarah (7 November 2021). "NASA, SpaceX Adjust Crew-2 Station Departure Date". blogs.nasa. Retrieved 7 November 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[7] Kathleen Ellis (9 November 2021). "Crew-2 Astronauts Safely Splash Down in Gulf of Mexico". NASA. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

[JAXA_Crew_Announcement-8] 1 2 "JAXA星出彰彦宇宙飛行士の国際宇宙ステーション（ISS）長期滞在搭乗機決定について". jaxa.jp (in Japanese). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[ESA20200728-9] 1 2 3 "Thomas Pesquet first ESA astronaut to ride a Dragon to space". ESA Science and Exploration. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[SA20201119-10] Powell, Joel [@ShuttleAlmanac] (19 November 2020). "JAXA has announced long stay visits to the ISS for 2022 and 2023" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[NASA20210305-11] Potter, Sean (5 March 2021). "NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Next Commercial Crew Launch". NASA. Retrieved 5 March 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[sfn20210305-12] Clark, Stephen (5 March 2021). "Next Crew Dragon launch set for April 22". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

[13] Drake, Nadia (23 April 2021). "SpaceX launches first astronauts on a reused rocket". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[14] Thompson, Amy (23 April 2021). "SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station, nails rocket landing". Space.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[RefurbishedSeat-15] "Megan to reuse Bob's demo-2 seat in crew-2 mission". aljazeera.com. 20 April 2020.

[NASA-16] "Mission Timeline for Launch Thursday, April 23 at 5:49:02 EST". Spaceflight Now.

[17] Garcia, Mark (24 April 2021). "NASA TV Covers SpaceX Crew-2 Docking to Station Today". blogs.nasa. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[18] "SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour docks with ISS". france24.com. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[19] Cawley, James (24 April 2021). "Crew Dragon Docks to Station, Hatches Open Soon". blogs.nasa. Retrieved 13 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[20] Cawley, James (17 November 2020). "Hatches Open, Crew Dragon Astronauts Join Expedition 64". blogs.nasa. Retrieved 13 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[space-21] "SPACE SHUTTLE MUSIC" (PDF). NASA. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[chronology-22] "Chronology of Wakeup Calls". NASA. 2 August 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2010. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[23] @chasg76 (25 July 2021). "@Explorer_Flight @Thom_astro..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[APNEWS-24] "SpaceX crew launch bumped to next week; astronaut on mend". AP News. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[25] Clark, Stephen (9 November 2021). "SpaceX crew capsule brings astronauts home after nearly 200 days in orbit – Spaceflight Now" . Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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v t e Human spaceflights to the International Space Station
See also: ISS expeditions, Uncrewed ISS flights
1998–2004	1998 STS-88 1999 STS-96 2000 STS-101 106 92 Soyuz TM-31 STS-97 2001 STS-98 102 100 Soyuz TM-32 STS-104 105 Soyuz TM-33 STS-108 2002 STS-110 Soyuz TM-34 STS-111 112 Soyuz TMA-1 STS-113 2003 Soyuz TMA-2 TMA-3 2004 Soyuz TMA-4 TMA-5	International Space Station Emblem
2005–2009	2005 Soyuz TMA-6 STS-114 Soyuz TMA-7 2006 Soyuz TMA-8 STS-121 115 Soyuz TMA-9 STS-116 2007 Soyuz TMA-10 STS-117 118 Soyuz TMA-11 STS-120 2008 STS-122 123 Soyuz TMA-12 STS-124 Soyuz TMA-13 STS-126 2009 STS-119 Soyuz TMA-14 TMA-15 STS-127 128 Soyuz TMA-16 STS-129 Soyuz TMA-17
2010–2014	2010 STS-130 Soyuz TMA-18 STS-131 132 Soyuz TMA-19 TMA-01M TMA-20 2011 STS-133 Soyuz TMA-21 STS-134 Soyuz TMA-02M STS-135 Soyuz TMA-22 TMA-03M 2012 Soyuz TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M 2013 Soyuz TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M 2014 Soyuz TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M
2015–2019	2015 Soyuz TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M 2016 Soyuz TMA-20M MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 2017 Soyuz MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 2018 Soyuz MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 2019 Soyuz MS-12 MS-13 MS-15
Since 2020	2020 Soyuz MS-16 SpaceX Demo-2 Soyuz MS-17 SpaceX Crew-1 2021 Soyuz MS-18 SpaceX Crew-2 Soyuz MS-19 SpaceX Crew-3 Soyuz MS-20 2022 Soyuz MS-21 Axiom-1 SpaceX Crew-4 Soyuz MS-22 SpaceX Crew-5 2023 Soyuz MS-23 SpaceX Crew-6 Axiom-2 SpaceX Crew-7 Soyuz MS-24 2024 Axiom-3 SpaceX Crew-8 Soyuz MS-25 Boeing CFT Soyuz MS-26 SpaceX Crew-9
Future	2025 SpaceX Crew-10 Soyuz MS-27 Axiom-4 Boeing Starliner-1
Individuals	List of ISS visitors crew
Vehicles	Past Space Shuttle Present Boeing Starliner Crew Dragon Soyuz Future Orel
Ongoing spaceflights are in underline † - mission failed to reach ISS

v t e ← 2020 Orbital launches in 2021 2022 →
January	Türksat 5A PICS 1, PICS 2, Q-PACE, TechEdSat-7 Tiantong-1 03 Starlink V1.0-L16 (60 satellites) Starlink v1.0 R1 (10 satellites), ION-SCV 002 ( Flock-4s × 8 , SpaceBEE × 12), Capella 3, Capella 4, ICEYE × 3, Hawk × 3, Astrocast × 5, Flock-4s × 40, HYPSO-1 , Kepler × 8, Lemur-2 × 8, PTD-1 , SpaceBEE × 24 Yaogan 31-02 (3 satellites)
February	Kosmos 2549 / Lotos-S1 №4 Starlink V1.0-L18 (60 satellites) TJS 6 Progress MS-16 Starlink V1.0-L19 (60 satellites) Cygnus NG-15 (MMSAT-1, GuaraniSat-1 , Maya-2 , OPUSAT-II , RSP-01 , STARS-EC , WARP-01 ) Yaogan 31-03 (3 satellites) Amazônia-1, SpaceBEE × 12
March	Starlink V1.0-L17 (60 satellites) Starlink V1.0-L20 (60 satellites) Shiyan 9 Yaogan 31-04 (3 satellites) Starlink V1.0-L21 (60 satellites) CAS500-1, Suisen / Fukui Prefectural Satellite, Kepler 6 , Kepler 7 Photon Pathstone, BlackSky Global 9 Starlink V1.0-L22 (60 satellites) OneWeb L5 (36 satellites) Gaofen 12-02
April	Starlink V1.0-L23 (60 satellites) Shiyan 6-03 Soyuz MS-18 SpaceX Crew-2 OneWeb L6 (36 satellites) USA-314 / KH-11 18 Pléiades-Neo 3, Lemur-2 AMANDA-SVANTE, Lemur-2 SPECIAL K Tianhe Starlink V1.0-L24 (60 satellites) Yaogan 34
May	Starlink V1.0-L25 (60 satellites) Yaogan 30-08 (3 satellites) Starlink V1.0-L27 (60 satellites) Starlink V1.0-L26 (52 satellites), Capella 6 USA-315 / SBIRS-GEO 5 HaiYang-2D Starlink V1.0-L28 (60 satellites) Tianzhou 2 OneWeb L7 (36 satellites)
June	Fengyun 4B SpaceX CRS-22 SXM-8 USA-316, USA-317, USA-318 Shenzhou 12 USA-319 / GPS IIIA-05 Yaogan 30-09 (3 satellites) Kosmos 2550 / Pion-NKS №1 Progress MS-17 Brik-II , STORK-4 , STORK-5 Starlink V1.0-R2 (3 satellites), ION-SCV 003 ( SPARTAN ), SHERPA FX2 (Lynk 05, Astrocast × 5, Lemur-2 × 3, SpaceBEE × 12), SHERPA LTE1 ( KSF1 × 4), Capella 5, ICEYE × 4, Hawk × 3, ÑuSat × 4, Lemur-2 × 3, LINCS A , LINCS B , SpaceBEE × 12, SpaceBEE NZ × 4, Tiger-2 , TROPICS Pathfinder
July	OneWeb L8 (36 satellites) Jilin-1 Kuanfu-01B, Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D x 3 Fengyun-3E Tianlian I-05 Yaogan 30-10 (3 satellites) Nauka (European Robotic Arm) Eutelsat Quantum, Star One D2
August	Jilin-1 Mofang-01A† ChinaSat 2E Cygnus NG-16 EOS-03 / GISAT-1† Pléiades Neo 4 OneWeb L9 (34 satellites) TJS-7 SpaceX CRS-23 ( Maya-3 , Maya-4 )
September	Gaofen 5-02 ChinaSat 9B Kosmos 2551 / EO MKA №1 Starlink G2-1 (51 satellites) OneWeb L10 (34 satellites) Inspiration4 Tianzhou 3 Jilin-1 Gaofen-02D Shiyan 10 Landsat 9, CUTE
October	Soyuz MS-19 OneWeb L11 (36 satellites) CHASE Shenzhou 13 Lucy Shijian 21 SES-17, Syracuse 4A QZS-1R Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F Progress MS-18
November	RAISE-2, HIBARI, Z-Sat, DRUMS, TeikyoSat-4, ASTERISC, ARICA, NanoDragon, KOSEN-1 SpaceX Crew-3 CERES x 3 DART (LICIACube) Progress M-UM (Prichal) Yaogan 32-2 (2 satellites) Yaogan 35 (3 satellites)
December	Starlink 24 (48 satellites) Soyuz MS-20 IXPE Ekspress-AMU3 Ekspress-AMU7 Starlink 25 (52 satellites) Türksat 5B SpaceX CRS-24 Inmarsat-6 F1 James Webb Space Telescope
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

Spacecraft properties
Endeavour approaches the ISS
Names	USCV-2 (2012–2019) Crew-2

Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	SpaceX
COSPAR ID	2021-030A
SATCAT no.	48209
Mission duration	199 days, 17 hours, 44 minutes, 13 seconds


Spacecraft	Crew Dragon Endeavour
Spacecraft type	Crew Dragon
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Launch mass	12,055 kg (26,577 lb)^[1]
Landing mass	9,616 kg (21,200 lb)


Crew
Crew size	4
Members	Shane Kimbrough K. Megan McArthur Akihiko Hoshide Thomas Pesquet
Expedition	Expedition 65 / 66


Start of mission
Launch date	23 April 2021, 09:49:02 (2021-04-23UTC09:49:02Z) UTC (5:27:17 am EDT)^[2]
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1061.2)
Launch site	Kennedy, LC‑39A


End of mission
Recovered by	MV GO Navigator
Landing date	9 November 2021, 03:33:15 (2021-11-09UTC03:33:16Z) UTC (10:33:15 am EST)
Landing site	Gulf of Mexico, near Pensacola, Florida


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Inclination	51.66°


Docking with ISS
Docking port	Harmony forward
Docking date	24 April 2021, 09:07:55 UTC
Undocking date	21 July 2021, 10:45 UTC
Time docked	88 days, 1 hour, 37 minutes

SpaceX Crew-2

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Notes

References