SpaceX Crew-8
SpaceX Crew-8 is planned to be the eighth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the 13th overall crewed orbital flight. The mission is planned to launch on 1 March 2024.
Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS. | |
| Names | USCV-8 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Mission duration | 180 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 1 March 2024, 05:04 UTC (planned) |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1083.1) |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | Q3 2024 (planned) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony' Forward or zenith |
| Docking date | 2 March 2024 (planned) |
| Undocking date | Q3 2024 (planned) |
| Time docked | 180 days (planned) |
SpaceX Crew-8 mission patch (L-R) Grebenkin, Barratt, Dominick and Epps | |
The Crew-8 mission will transport four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). As of August 2023, three NASA astronauts, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and one Roscosmos cosmonaut, Alexander Grebenkin, have been assigned to the mission. Jeanette Epps was previously assigned to Boeing Starliner missions.
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