Names | USCV-5 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2022-124A |
SATCAT no. | 53963 |
Mission duration | 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 12,519 kg (27,600 lb) |
Landing mass | 9,616 kg (21,200 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | September 2022 (planned) [1] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Landing date | March 2023 (planned) |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony forward |
Docking date | September 2022 (planned) |
Undocking date | December 2022 (planned) |
Time docked | 90–120 days (planned) |
SpaceX Crew-5 will be the fifth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the eight overall crewed orbital flight. The mission is planned for launch in September 2022. The Crew-5 mission will transport four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). As of October 2021[update], two NASA astronauts and one JAXA astronaut have been assigned to the mission, with a fourth astronaut to be named later. All three of the currently assigned crew members were assigned following delays to Boeing's Starliner. Commander Nicole Mann was reassigned to the flight from Boeing's Boe-CFT mission, while Pilot Josh Cassada and Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata transferred from Boeing Starliner-1.[1][2]
The fourth astronaut is yet to be announced. It is likely to be filled by a russian cosmonaut and thus becoming to be a part of the Soyuz-Dragon crew swap system, that is, keeping at least one NASA astronaut and one Roscosmos cosmonaut on each of the crew rotation missions. That would ensure both countries would have a presence on the station, and ability to maintain their separate systems, if either Soyuz or commercial crew vehicles are grounded for an extended period.[3]
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | Nicole Aunapu Mann, NASA Expedition 68 / 69 First spaceflight | |
Pilot | Josh A. Cassada, NASA Expedition 68 / 69 First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Koichi Wakata, JAXA Expedition 68 / 69 Fifth spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | TBA Expedition 68 / 69 TBA spaceflight |
The fifth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program is scheduled to launch in September 2022.[1]