NASA and its trade companions Boeing and SpaceX are planning for the following set of missions to the International Space Station for the company’s Commercial Crew Program.
Crew-8
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the orbiting laboratory is focused to launch no sooner than mid-February. The mission will carry NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and mission specialist Jeanette Epps, in addition to Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin to the area station to conduct a variety of operational and analysis actions. Routine upkeep and processing of the Crew-8 SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft is in work. This would be the first spaceflight for Dominick, Epps, and Grebenkin, and the third for Barratt. Crew-8 is predicted to return to Earth in late August 2024, following a brief handover with the company’s Crew-9 mission.
Starliner Crew Flight Take a look at (CFT)
The primary crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft, named NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Take a look at (CFT), is deliberate for no sooner than mid-April. CFT will ship NASA astronauts and take a look at pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on an indication flight to show the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner system. Starliner will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral House Pressure Station in Florida, spend roughly eight days docked to the area station, and return to Earth with a parachute and airbag-assisted floor touchdown within the desert of the western United States.
NASA will present an up to date standing of CFT readiness as extra info turns into obtainable.
Crew-9
Wanting additional forward in 2024, NASA and SpaceX are concentrating on no sooner than mid-August for the launch of the company’s Crew-9, SpaceX’s ninth crew rotation mission to the area station for NASA. A crew of 4 will probably be introduced at a later date.
tenth Crew Rotation Mission
The tenth industrial crew rotation alternative to the area station is focused for early 2025. NASA is planning for both SpaceX’s Crew-10 or Boeing’s Starliner-1 mission on this slot. The Starliner-1 date was adjusted to permit for the post-flight overview of the Crew Flight Take a look at and incorporation of anticipated studying, approvals of ultimate certification merchandise, and completion of readiness and certification evaluations forward of that mission.
For extra perception on NASA’s Industrial Crew Program missions to the orbiting laboratory observe the industrial crew weblog. Extra particulars might be discovered @commercial_crew on X and commercial crew on Fb.
