Space Launch Timings Blog

 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 ...

  SpaceX Crew-2 will be the second crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the third overall crewed orbital flight. The mission is planned to launch on the 22nd of April 2021! When will Crew-2 launch? -We are unsure what time Crew-2 will launch but we do know that the NASA Live coverage will begin at 3:11 a.m. PT on Thursday, April 22! When will Crew-2 dock with the ISS? If the mission goes to plan, Crew-2 will dock with the International Space Station as scheduled on April 23rd around 7:05 a.m. EDT! Where will Crew-2 launch from? Crew-2 will launch from historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center in the USA! What rocket will Crew-2 launch on? Crew-2 will launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft! It will also be the first SpaceX crew mission to use flight-proven hardware with Falcon 9 B1061-2 and Crew Dragon Endeavor C206-2. Who is the crew? There will be 4 people flying to the ISS! They are as follows: Shane Kimbrough, Akihiko Hos...