SPACE reports that the next NASA space station launch, which is set for Halloween, “will put four more astronauts into space on a SpaceX rocket. The Crew-3 launch is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 31 at 2:21 a.m. EDT (0721 GMT), using a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch will take place at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.” The four astronauts on the “SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will be NASA astronauts Raja Chari (mission commander), Tom Marshburn (pilot), and Kayla Barron (mission specialist), as well as European Space Agency astronaut and mission specialist Matthias Maurer.” NASA said in a statement, “Launch on Oct. 31 would have Crew-3 arriving at the space station early on the morning of Monday, Nov. 1, for a short handover with the astronauts who flew to the station in April as part of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission.”
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SpaceX, NASA Plan to Make Next Crewed Launch on October 30
The Houston Chronicle reported that NASA and SpaceX are planning to launch the Crew-3 mission October 30. NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron along with European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer “will launch on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.” The mission is scheduled for 1:43 a.m. CDT.
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New SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Named “Endurance,” Crew-3 Excited to Head to ISS
SPACE reports that NASA astronaut Raja Chari announced Thursday that the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule which will take the Crew-3 mission crew to the ISS will be named “Endurance.” Endurance “will be the third Crew Dragon vehicle to carry people to orbit.”
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NASA Selects Kayla Barron for Fourth Seat on Crew-3 Mission
SPACE reports that NASA “has selected rookie astronaut Kayla Barron as the fourth crewmember to fly on SpaceX’s upcoming Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station.” Barron “will join fellow NASA astronauts Raja Chari (who will serve as commander of the mission) and Tom Marshburn (who will serve as the pilot), as well as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer (who will serve as a mission specialist). Barron will also serve as a mission specialist.” This will be Barron’s first spaceflight, after joining NASA’s astronaut corps in 2017. NASA had planned “to assign the fourth seat to a Russian cosmonaut, but the agency was unable to work out an agreement with Roscosmos in time.” The Crew-3 mission “is scheduled to launch Oct. 23 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.”
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NASA Names Fourth Astronaut to Crew-3 Mission
Space News reports that NASA “announced May 17 it has assigned another astronaut to the next commercial crew mission to the International Space Station, a sign that NASA no longer expects to complete a seat barter agreement with Roscosmos in time for that flight.” NASA “said that Kayla Barron will join the Crew-3 mission, launching on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft scheduled for launch no earlier than” October 23. Barron “joins NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, who had been assigned to Crew-3 last December.”
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