Dragon 2, spacecraft, SpaceX, Hawthorne, California, USA

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SpaceX Crew-8 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Mar 4, 2024

For SpaceX’s Crew-8 mission, a Falcon 9 rocket launched the “Endeavour” Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 4 March 2024, at 03:53 UTC (3 March, at 22:53 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1083) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The “Endeavour” Crew Dragon previously supported the Demo-2, Crew-2, Ax-1 and Crew-6 missions.

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SpaceX Crew-8 docking

Mar 5, 2024

SpaceX’s Crew-8 “Endeavour” Crew Dragon spacecraft, with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, autonomously docked to the forward port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module, on 5 March 2024, at 07:28 UTC (02:28 EST).

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SpaceX Crew-8 hatch opening

Mar 5, 2024

The hatch of SpaceX’s Crew-8 “Endeavour” Crew Dragon spacecraft, with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, was opened on 5 March 2024, at 08:50 UTC (03:50 EST). Crew-8 is SpaceX’s eight operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

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SpaceX Crew-7 recovery operations and astronauts egress

Mar 12, 2024

The crew of the “Endurance” Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, was successfully recovered after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, on 12 March 2024, at 09:47 UTC (05:47 EDT).