23 April | 09:49 UTC

Crew-2

SpaceX Crew-2 was the second operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the third overall crewed orbital flight of the Commercial Crew Program. The mission was launched on 23 April 2021 at 09:49:02 UTC, and docked to the International Space Station on 24 April at 09:08 UTC.

SpaceX Crew-2 used the same capsule as Crew Dragon Demo-2 (Endeavour) and launched on the same Falcon 9 booster as SpaceX Crew-1 (B1061.1).

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Lift off time
April 23, 2021 - 09:49 UTC
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Kennedy Space Center Florida, USA
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Mission
Crew-2
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Launch Provider
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Customer
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Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5
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First Stage
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Payload
Unknown
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Payload Mass
Unknown
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Low Earth Orbit (LEO)" } }
Orbit
400 km (249 mi)
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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First Stage Recovery
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Fairing Recovery
No – Expendable
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Weather
Unknown
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Watch it live
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Falcon 9 B1061 first launched Crew-1 to the ISS in November 2020, the first operational flight of Crew Dragon. Following landing on drone ship following the Crew-1 flight, this first stage went on to complete additional missions.

It became the first booster to fly crew twice as well as the first reused booster to fly crew as a part of the Crew-2 mission.

Booster 1061's Missions
Launch Date (UTC)
Turn Around Time
May 08, 2022 - 00:00
8 days
April 29, 2022 - 21:27
3 days
April 25, 2022 - 23:59
367 days
April 23, 2021 - 09:49
158 days
November 16, 2020 - 00:27
N/A