SpaceX Crew-8
| Names | USCV-8 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-042A |
| SATCAT no. | 59097 |
| Mission duration | 235 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes |
| Distance travelled | 100 million mi (160 million km) |
| Orbits completed | 3,760 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members | |
| Expedition | Expedition 70/71/72 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | March 4, 2024, 03:53:38 UTC (March 3, 10:53:38 pm EST) |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1083‑1), Flight 305 |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC‑39A |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | MV Megan |
| Landing date | October 25, 2024, 07:29:02 UTC (3:29:02 am EDT) |
| Landing site | Gulf of Mexico, near Pensacola, Florida (29°48′40″N 87°33′25″W / 29.81111°N 87.55694°W) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.65° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony forward |
| Docking date | March 5, 2024, 08:00 UTC |
| Undocking date | May 2, 2024, 12:57 UTC |
| Time docked | 58 days, 4 hours, 57 minutes |
| Docking with ISS (relocation) | |
| Docking port | Harmony zenith |
| Docking date | May 2, 2024, 13:46 UTC |
| Undocking date | October 23, 2024, 21:05 UTC |
| Time docked | 174 days, 7 hours, 19 minutes |
| NASA (left) and SpaceX (right) mission patches From left: Grebenkin, Barratt, Dominick, and Epps | |
SpaceX Crew-8 was the eighth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight and the 13th overall crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission launched on March 4, 2024.
The Crew-8 mission transported four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). Three NASA astronauts, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and one Roscosmos cosmonaut, Alexander Grebenkin, were assigned to the mission.
The Crew-8 mission was extended to accommodate problems encountered by the Boeing Crew Flight Test during its mission. The crew outfitted the Crew-8 capsule to accommodate two extra astronauts if an emergency occurred prior to Crew-9 docking on September 29, 2024.