SpaceX Crew-4 (Crew Dragon Freedom)

USA / SpaceX

Manned Flight nº:

Earth orbit Flight nº:

US/SpaceX manned Flight nº:

xxth manned flight to ISS. Flight: ISS-**

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation 52318 /22042A
Launch date - time 27 April 2022 - 07:52:55 UTC
Launch site CCK, SLC-39A
Launch vehicle  Falcon-9 Block 5 (B1067-4)
Spacecraft Dragon (C207-F2 - Freedom)
Mass (kg) 12519 kg
Total cargo mass (kg)  kg
Mission 4e SpaceX, 4 manned launch to ISS
Expeditio 67/68
Docking date - time 27 April 2022 - 23:37:49 UTC
Target spacecraft/port ISS/Harmony zenith
Earth orbit on :
   - Perigee / Apogee 416-421 km
   - Inclination 51.64°
   - Period  min
Undocking date - time 14 October 2022 - 16:05 UTC
Time docked 169d, 16h, 28min
Landing date - time 14 October 2022 - 20:55:27 UTC
Landing location 30º48´ N, 80º06´ W (Atlantic Ocean, near Jacksonville, Florida)
Recovered by MV Megan
Flight Duration (d:hr:min) 170d, 13h, 02m 32s
Nbr orbits 2720
Landing crew launch crew
 Crew-4 patch


Launched Crew (EXp. 67/68):

Nr. Name Job Duration Orbits
1  Lindgren, Kjell N. (NASA)  Commander  170d 13h 02m 32s  2720
2  Hines, Robert (NASA)  PLT  170d 13h 02m 32s  2720
3  Cristoforetti, Samantha (ESA)  MS-1  170d 13h 02m 32s  2720
4  Watkins, Jessica (NASA)  MS-2  170d 13h 02m 32s  2720


Dragon CR-4 crew

Launch crew: Hines, Cristoforetti, Watkins and Lindgren.

Backup Crew

Nr. Name Job
1/2  Bowen, Stephen Gerard (US)  Commander
3  ?  Commander

Description:

  • Crew-4 was the maiden flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft named Freedom, named such by the crew because it "celebrates a fundamental human right, and the industry and innovation that emanate from the unencumbered human spirit". The booster used on this mission was the B1067, which makes it the first Commercial Crew mission to use a booster on its fourth flight (it previously was used to launch SpaceX Crew-3 in 2021).
  • The mission duration was 170 days. The European part of the mission was called Minerva,[16] named after the Roman goddess of wisdom, and it was European astronaut Cristoforetti's second mission to the ISS.

crew4

Crew-4 astronauts before flight. Credit: NASA.

 ISS config

ISS configuration during Crew-4

Mission details:

  • ISS exp.67/68.
  • SpaceX Crew-4 was the Crew Dragon's fourth NASA Commercial Crew operational flight, and its seventh overall crewed orbital flight.
  • The mission launched on April 27, 2022, at 07:52 UTC before docking with the International Space Station (ISS) at 23:37 UTC. It followed shortly after the private Axiom 1 mission to the ISS earlier in the month utilizing SpaceX hardware. Three American (NASA) astronauts and one European (ESA) astronaut were on board the mission.

Dragons docked

Crew-4 and Starliner OFT-2 docked to the ISS

 CR-4landing

Crew-4 landing on parachutes

Dragons docked

Crew-4 recovery

 CR-4landing

Crew-4 recovery on board.

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CR-4

Crew-4 named "Freedom". Credit: #411

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