Space Adventures Crew Dragon mission
The Space Adventures Crew Dragon mission is a SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceflight contracted by the American space tourism company Space Adventures scheduled for late 2021 to early 2022.[1]
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| Mission type | elliptic orbit space tourism |
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| Mission duration | 3 to 5 days |
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| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2021 or 2022 |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
Crew
Space Adventures is offering four seats for space tourists, with each seat estimated to cost $55 million.[2]
Mission
The mission will launch between late-2021 and mid-2022 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, and will be operated completely autonomously, with no trained astronaut on board.[2] The spacecraft will be inserted into a high elliptic orbit around Earth, over twice the height of the International Space Station and higher than the current altitude record for an orbital crewed spacecraft, set by the Gemini 11 mission in 1966.[2] The crew will spend up to five days in orbit, before returning to Earth via splashdown on the Atlantic Ocean.[3]
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