4 March-25 October 2024: Spacecraft Commander Matthew Dominick (N.A.S.A.), Pilot Michael Barratt (N.A.S.A.), Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps (N.A.S.A.), & Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin (Roscosmos) lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A aboard the Crew Dragon Endeavour (C206) atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The quartet docked with the International Space Station for an intended six-month mission to the orbital laboratory that was extended due to the problems encountered during the Boeing Crew Flight Test, & then again due to hurricanes in the landing zone.
From not long after the docking of the Starliner Calypso (6 June) until the arrival of Crew-9 duo aboard the Crew Dragon Freedom (29 September), the Endeavour was equipped with two extra seats, to potentially return six astronauts to Earth (the three astronauts/one cosmonaut from Crew-8 & the two astronauts from Boe-C.F.T.). After two hundred thirty-five days on orbit, the Endeavour splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean & was recovered by the M.V. Megan.
Crew-8 was the fifth flight of the Endeavour C206.
Crew-8 served as part of International Space Station Expedition 70, Expedition 71, & Expedition 72.
Bonus! Song o' the Day: Crew-8 & the Endeavour
They Might Be Giants, "Figure Eight" from Here Come the 123s (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
2020
Demo-2 Launch
Demo-2 Splashdown
Crew-1 Launch
2021
Crew-1 Relocation
Crew-2 Launch
Crew-1 Splashdown
Inspiration4 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-2 Splashdown
Crew-3 Launch
2022
Ax-1 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-4 Launch
Crew-3 Splashdown
Crew-5 Launch
Crew-4 Splashdown
2023
Crew-6 Scrub
Crew-6 Launch
Crew-5 Splashdown
Ax-2 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-7 Launch
Crew-6 Splashdown
2024
Ax-3 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-7 Splashdown
Godspeed & welcome back to the good Earth, Crew-8!
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