Welcome to the SpaceX Crew-9 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Time to pick up Butch and Suni!

Scheduled for (UTC)	2024-09-28, 17:17:21
Scheduled for (local)	2024-09-28, 13:17:21 (ET)
Docking scheduled for (UTC)
Mission	Crew-9
Launch site	LC-40, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.
Booster	B1085-2
Landing	LZ-1
Dragon	C212-4 (Freedom)
Commander	Nick Hague 🇺🇸
Mission Specialist	Aleksandr Gorbunov 🇷🇺
Mission success criteria	Successful launch and docking to the ISS

Note: This mission is launching with two empty seats for returning Barry E. Wilmore 🇺🇸 and Sunita Williams 🇺🇸 from the ISS.

Webcasts

Stream	Link
NASA	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKXtysRx0b4
Space Affairs	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvMUVxflvxI
Spaceflight Now	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eKnPK5RswM
NASASpaceflight	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLZpj_rtzEo
Everyday Astronaut	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X67-Y-jJx40
The Launch Pad	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnQO8rN4nq8
SpaceX
The Space Devs

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight, c/SpaceX, and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 1st crewed Dragon launch from SLC-40

☑️ 45th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 11 day turnaround for this pad

☑️ 46th landing on LZ-1

☑️ 24th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 354th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 93rd Falcon 9 mission this year, 379th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 94th SpaceX mission of 2024, 394th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 96th SpaceX launch this year, 408th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• NextSpaceflight mission page
• SpaceX mission website

SpaceX Crew-9 is the ninth operational crewed rotation mission of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. The original intended crew comprised Commander Zena Cardman, Pilot Nick Hague, Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov.

NASA has since decided to launch Crew-9 with only 2 crew members to allow the 2 Starliner CFT crew to return on Crew-9. The mission’s commander will be Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov will be a mission specialist.