SpaceX Crew-8 is the eighth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight and the 13th overall crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission launched on 4 March 2024.
Crew Dragon Endeavour lifts off from LC-39A with the Crew-8 astronauts aboard.
(L–R) Grebenkin, Barratt, Dominick and EppsCommercial Crew Program← SpaceX Crew-7SpaceX Crew-9 → Crew Dragon flights← Axiom Mission 3Polaris Dawn →
Crew-8 astronauts outside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building
Crew Dragon Endeavour sits atop its Falcon 9 rocket on LC-39A
The Commercial Crew Program (CCP) provides commercially operated crew transportation service to and from the International Space Station (ISS) under contract to NASA, conducting crew rotations between the expeditions of the International Space Station program. American space manufacturer SpaceX began providing service in 2020, using the Crew Dragon spacecraft, and NASA plans to add Boeing when its Boeing Starliner spacecraft becomes operational no earlier than 2025. NASA has contracted for six operational missions from Boeing and fourteen from SpaceX, ensuring sufficient support for ISS through 2030.
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Crew Dragon C204 (right), later destroyed during testing
Commercial Crew Program vehicles docked to ISS at the same time
Image: Crew Dragon at the ISS for Demo Mission 1 (cropped)