SpaceX Crew-4

SpaceX Crew-4
Crew Dragon Freedom launches to the ISS with the crew members of Crew-4 onboard.
NamesUSCV-4
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2022-042A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.52318Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration170 days, 13 hours and 3 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon Freedom
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Launch mass12,519 kg (27,600 lb)
Landing mass9,616 kg (21,200 lb)
Crew
Crew size4
Members
ExpeditionExpedition 67 / 68
Start of mission
Launch date27 April 2022, 07:52:55 UTC
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5 (B1067.4)
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
Recovered byMegan (ship)
Landing date14 October 2022, 20:55 UTC
Landing siteAtlantic Ocean
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.64°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony zenith
Docking date27 April 2022, 23:37 UTC
Undocking date14 October 2022, 16:05 UTC
Time docked169 days and 16 hours

SpaceX Crew-4 mission patch

Hines, Cristoforetti, Watkins, and Lindgren (L-R) 

SpaceX Crew-4 was the Crew Dragon's fourth NASA Commercial Crew operational flight, and its seventh overall crewed orbital flight. The mission launched on 27 April 2022 at 07:52 UTC before docking with the International Space Station (ISS) at 23:37 UTC. It followed shortly after the private Axiom 1 mission to the ISS earlier in the month utilizing SpaceX hardware. Three American (NASA) astronauts and one European (ESA) astronaut were on board the mission.

Crew-4 was the maiden flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft named Freedom, named such by the crew because it "celebrates a fundamental human right, and the industry and innovation that emanate from the unencumbered human spirit". The booster used on this mission was the B1067, which makes it the first Commercial Crew mission to use a booster on its fourth flight (it previously was used to launch SpaceX Crew-3 in 2021).

Crew

NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Robert Hines were announced on 12 February 2021 to the crew. Samantha Cristoforetti was named the commander of Expedition 68 on 28 May 2021. Jessica Watkins was named mission specialist on 16 November 2021. Cristoforetti was later removed as commander of Expedition 68 due to the shortening of the Crew-4 mission.

Prime crew
Position Astronaut
Spacecraft commander United States Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA
Expedition 67 / 68
Second spaceflight
Pilot United States Robert Hines, NASA
Expedition 67 / 68
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 Italy Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA
Expedition 67 / 68
Second spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2 United States Jessica Watkins, NASA
Expedition 67 / 68
First spaceflight
Backup crew
Position Astronaut
Spacecraft commander United States Steve Bowen, NASA
Pilot United States Not assigned, NASA
Mission Specialist 1 Not assigned
Mission Specialist 2 Not assigned

Mission

The mission duration was 170 days. The European part of the mission was called Minerva, named after the Roman goddess of wisdom, and it was European astronaut Cristoforetti's second mission to the ISS.

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