Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS. | |
Names | USCV-5 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | |
Mission duration | 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endurance |
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 | 29 September 2022 (planned) [3] |
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 | 180 days (planned) |
SpaceX Crew-5 mission patch (L-R) Kikina, Cassada, Mann and Wakata |
SpaceX Crew-5 is planned to be the fifth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the eighth overall crewed orbital flight. The mission is planned for launch in September 2022 and is due to transport four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). As of December 2021[update], two NASA astronauts, one JAXA astronaut, and one Russian cosmonaut have been assigned to the mission. Three of the currently assigned crew members were assigned following delays to Boeing's Starliner programme. 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.[4][5] Anna Kikina was reassigned from Soyuz MS-22. Three of the four crew members would be making their first space flight, the exception being Koichi Wakata who is a veteran with four previous flights.
This is slated to be the first Crew Dragon mission to fly a Russian cosmonaut, Anna Kikina who was selected in July 2022 for this mission as a part of the Soyuz-Dragon crew swap system of keeping at least one NASA astronaut and one Roscosmos cosmonaut on each of the crew rotation missions. This ensures both countries have a presence on the station, and the ability to maintain their separate systems if either Soyuz or commercial crew vehicles are grounded for an extended period.[6] This will therefore become the first time a Russian cosmonaut flies on a U.S. spacecraft since Nikolai Budarin flew on STS-113 and also first launch of a Russian cosmonaut on a U.S. space capsule. The seat exchange was approved in June 2022 (by the Russians only).[7]
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | ![]() Expedition 67 / 68 First spaceflight | |
Pilot | ![]() Expedition 67/68 First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | ![]() Expedition 67/68 Fifth spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | ![]() Expedition 67/68 First spaceflight |
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | ![]() | |
Pilot | ![]() | |
Mission Specialist 1 | TBA | |
Mission Specialist 2 | ![]() |
The fifth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is scheduled to launch in September 2022.[4]