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Crew-8 was the eighth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program and the 13th overall crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. [8] The mission launched at 3:53:38 UTC on 4 March 2024 (3 March, 10:53:38 pm EST, local time at the launch site). [9] SpaceX sent the 50th astronaut on this Crew Dragon launch. [10]
Designated Crew 8, the mission marks the eighth long-duration ISS team that NASA has flown aboard a SpaceX launch vehicle since the private rocket venture founded in 2002 by billionaire Elon Musk ...
SpaceX and NASA on Sunday successfully launched their joint Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station from the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The four members of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission returned to Earth Friday morning, following months of delays.
After Flight 6, Elon Musk stated that flight 8 could be the first 'catch' of the Ship should flight 7's landing be successful, [4] likely requiring insertion into Low Earth orbit. [5] However, given Ship 33's failure on Starship Flight 7, a ship catch attempt on Flight 8 is unlikely. SpaceX is expected to perform the flight test in early 2025 ...
Second and last Galileo launch on a Falcon 9 and overall thirteenth launch of Galileo satellites, carrying two satellites. Originally planned to launch on Soyuz ST-B, but scrapped due to geopolitical factors. Then moved to Ariane 6, which was also scrapped due to delays. Europe contracted SpaceX to launch the two pairs aboard Falcon 9. 19 September
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SpaceX declared this flight a success, as their primary goal was to only clear the pad. [16] The launch resulted in extensive damage to the orbital launch mount and the infrastructures around it, including the propellant tank farm. [17] 2 18 November 2023 13:02:50 [18] Block 1, B9: Block 1, S25: Starbase, OLP-A — — Transatmospheric: SpaceX ...