SpaceX Crew-5
SpaceX Crew-5 was NASA's fifth operational Commercial Crew rotation mission to the International Space Station. Nicole Mann commanded the flight, Josh Cassada served as pilot, and Koichi Wakata and Anna Kikina flew as mission specialists. The crew launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on October 5, 2022 aboard Crew Dragon Endurance and docked with the station the next day. During Expedition 68, the crew supported station science, maintenance, technology demonstrations, visiting-vehicle operations, and solar-array upgrade spacewalks. Crew-5 returned on March 12, 2023, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off Tampa after about 157 days in space.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Crew-5NASA SpaceX Crew-5USCV-5Falcon 9 F179Dragon Crew-5
- Name
- SpaceX Crew-5
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
- Description
- SpaceX Crew-5 was NASA's fifth operational Commercial Crew rotation mission to the International Space Station. Nicole Mann commanded the flight, Josh Cassada served as pilot, and Koichi Wakata and Anna Kikina flew as mission specialists. The crew launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on October 5, 2022 aboard Crew Dragon Endurance and docked with the station the next day. During Expedition 68, the crew supported station science, maintenance, technology demonstrations, visiting-vehicle operations, and solar-array upgrade spacewalks. Crew-5 returned on March 12, 2023, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off Tampa after about 157 days in space.
- End Date
- 2023-03-12
- Landing Site
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful fifth operational NASA Commercial Crew rotation. Crew-5 carried Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina to Expedition 68, supported station science and five U.S. spacewalks during the increment, and returned safely after 157 days by splashdown northwest of Tampa.
- Program
- Commercial Crew Program / Expedition 68
- Start Date
- 2022-10-05
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/spacex-crew-5/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-5
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 16:07:05 UTC
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- Updated Time
- July 21, 2026 at 19:27:18 UTC
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