SpaceX Crew-4
Names | USCV-4 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2022-042A |
SATCAT no. | 52318 |
Mission duration | 170 days, 13 hours and 3 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Freedom |
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 | |
Expedition | Expedition 67 / 68 |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 27 April 2022, 07:52:55 UTC |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1067.4) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | Megan (ship) |
Landing date | 14 October 2022, 20:55 UTC |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.64° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Docking date | 27 April 2022, 23:37 UTC |
Undocking date | 14 October 2022, 16:05 UTC |
Time docked | 169 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.
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA Expedition 67 / 68 Second spaceflight | |
Pilot | Robert Hines, NASA Expedition 67 / 68 First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA Expedition 67 / 68 Second spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | Jessica Watkins, NASA Expedition 67 / 68 First spaceflight |
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | Steve Bowen, NASA | |
Pilot | 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.
Gallery
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Crew-4 astronauts before flight
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ISS configuration during Crew-4
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Crew-4 and Starliner OFT-2 docked to the ISS
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Freedom after reentry and splashdown