Crew Dragon Endurance lifts off from LC-39A with the Crew-5 astronauts aboard. | |
| Names | USCV-5 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| COSPAR ID | 2022-124A |
| SATCAT no. | 53963 |
| Mission duration | Elapsed: 97 days, 7 hours and 1 minute (145 days planned)[1] |
| 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 | 5 October 2022, 16:00:57 UTC[3] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9, B1077.1 |
| 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 | 51.68° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony forward |
| Docking date | 6 October 2022, 21:01 UTC |
| Undocking date | February 2023 (planned) |
| Time docked | 96 days, 2 hours and 1 minute (145 days planned) |
SpaceX Crew-5 mission patch (L-R) Kikina, Cassada, Mann and Wakata | |
SpaceX Crew-5 is the fifth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the eighth overall crewed orbital flight. The mission launched on 5 October 2022 and transported four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS), docking there on 6 October 2022 at 21:01 UTC. Two NASA astronauts, one JAXA astronaut, and one Russian cosmonaut are participating in the mission. Three of the crew members were assigned following delays to Boeing's Starliner program. 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 are making their first space flight while Wakata is a veteran of four previous space flights.
This mission is 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 is the first time a Russian cosmonaut flew 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Spacecraft commander |  Nicole Aunapu Mann, NASAExpedition 68 / 69 First spaceflight | |
| Pilot | Josh A. Cassada, NASA Expedition 68 / 69 First spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 |  Koichi Wakata, JAXAExpedition 68 / 69 Fifth spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 |  Anna Kikina[2], RoscosmosExpedition 68 / 69 First spaceflight | |
The fifth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) launched on 5 October 2022 and is scheduled to last approximately six months.[3]
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