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Not to be confused with Crew Dragon Demo-2.
US Crew Vehicle-1
Mission typeCrewed mission to ISS
OperatorNASA / SpaceX
Mission duration~210 days [1]


Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX


Crew
Crew size4
MembersMike Hopkins
Victor Glover
Soichi Noguchi
Shannon Walker


Start of mission
Launch dateAugust 2020 (planned) [2]
RocketFalcon 9
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX


End of mission
Landing date2021
Landing siteAtlantic Ocean


Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6°


Docking with ISS
Time dockedSix months (planned)


  
Crew Dragon crewed flights
USCV-1 (US Crew Vehicle-1), also known as SpaceX Crew Dragon-1 and abbreviated as Crew-1 or Crew-One, will be the first crewed operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and its third overall orbital flight.[3][4][5] As of April 2020, the mission is expected to launch in August 2020 and transport four members of the Expedition 63/64 crew to the International Space Station.



Crew[edit]


Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover were announced as the crew on 3 August 2018.[6] A Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and a third NASA astronaut, Shannon Walker were added on 31 March 2020 to the crew[7].








Position

Astronaut




Spacecraft commander

United States Michael S. Hopkins, NASA
Expedition 63
Second spaceflight




Joint operations commander

United States Victor J. Glover, NASA
Expedition 63
First spaceflight




Mission Specialist 1

Japan Soichi Noguchi, JAXA
Expedition 63
Third spaceflight




Mission Specialist 2

United States Shannon Walker, NASA
Expedition 63
Second spaceflight















Back-up crew[edit]







Position[8]

Astronaut




Spacecraft commander

United States Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA
Second spaceflight




Joint operations commander

United States TBA, NASA
TBA spaceflight




Mission Specialist 1

TBA
TBA spaceflight




Mission Specialist 2

TBA
TBA spaceflight















Crew notes[edit]


Glover will become the first African-American astronaut to live aboard the ISS, this honor was originally set to go to NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps who was scheduled to launch aboard Soyuz MS-09 in June 2018, serving as flight engineer on Expedition 56/57, although she was removed from the flight with no official reason given before launch[9].



Mission[edit]


This mission was initially announced in November 2012, that it would be launching in November 2016. In late March/April 2013, it was announced that the launch would be delayed by one year to November 2017.[10] As of April 2020, the missions launch date is expected to be August 2020.[9]

The USCV-1 launch is meant to involve a docking to the Node 2 Forward port using an ISS Docking Adapter (IDA) attached to PMA-2. This launch involves four crew members, one of them being Russian in order to allow for rotation on the ISS. When prepping for this launch, they make sure to create a backup in the form of a Soyuz spacecraft. When it is time to rotate crews after about six months, USCV-2 will begin prepping for launch.[11][10] 



See also[edit]



References[edit]


    

  1. ^ https://www.nasa.gov/specials/dm2/

    2. 

  2. ^ Sheetz, Michael (3 April 2020). "How NASA and SpaceX plan to launch astronauts in May despite a pandemic". Retrieved 10 April 2020.

    3. 

  3. ^ "Upcoming Missions". spacexnow.com.

    4. 

  4. ^ Twitter message by Victor Glover, 12 April 2019

    5. 

  5. ^ https://www.nasa.gov/specials/ccp-press-kit/main.html

    6. 

  6. ^ Lewis, Marie (3 August 2018). "Meet the Astronauts Flying SpaceX's Demo-2". Retrieved 3 March 2019.

    7. 

  7. ^ "NASA, JAXA assign two more astronauts to second piloted Crew Dragon flight". 31 March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

    8. 

  8. ^ http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=4568

    9. 

  9. ^ a b https://www.cbsnews.com/news/astronauts-reassigned-in-surprise-space-station-crew-shuffle/

    10. 

  10. ^ a b "USCV-1: NASA planners slip first ISS commercial crew mission to late 2017". NASASpaceFlight.com. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

    11. 

  11. ^ "Year in Review (Part IV) - ISS sails into New Year following successful 2012". NASASpaceFlight.com. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

    12. 



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