On 5:49:02 EDT, April 23, 2021, SpaceX and NASA launched the third crewed Commercial Crew mission, designated Crew-2 or USCV-2 to the International Space Station. The launch was originally targeted on April 22 but was later scrubbed due to bad offshore weather at the recovery zone. This mission marked the first time a reused Falcon 9 booster and Crew Dragon capsule was used on a crewed mission. Crew-2 was also the first mission to carry astronauts from three different countries in 20 years. Onboard this mission is NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur (Which is the wife of Demo-2 astronaut Bob Behnken), JAXA Astronaut Aki Hoshide, and ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet. The booster that supported this mission (B1061-1) previously supported the first-ever operational Commercial Crew mission, USCV-1 or Crew-1 in late November 2020. B1061-1 performed a flawless automated landing on SpaceX's Autonomous Spaceport Droneship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) stationed around 5...
There will be 4 people flying to the ISS! They are as follows: Shane Kimbrough, Akihiko Hoshide, K. Megan McArthur and Thomas Pesquet! What is Crew-2? You can learn all about the mission HERE ! Who will be boarding Crew-2? There will be 4 people flying to the ISS! They are as follows: Shane Kimbrough , Akihiko Hoshide , K. Megan McArthur and Thomas Pesquet ! About Shane Kimbrough: Robert Shane Kimbrough is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. He was part of the first group of candidates selected for NASA astronaut training following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. He was born on the 4th of June 1967 (Age 53). He has been on the following space missions: Expedition 50, Soyuz MS-02, Expedition 49, STS-126, Expedition 65, STS-400! Later this month Crew-2 will be added to that list. He will be the Commander and pilot of the NASA SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the ISS! Date of birth: He was born on the 4th of June 1967! He ...