Welcome to the SpaceX Crew-8 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-03-04, 03:53
Scheduled for (local) 2024-03-03, 22:53 (ET)
Docking scheduled for (UTC) 2024-03-05, 08:00
Mission Crew-8
Launch site LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.
Booster B1083-1
Landing LZ-1
Dragon Endeavour C206-5
Commander Matthew Dominick 🇺🇸
Pilot Michael Barratt 🇺🇸
Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps 🇺🇸
Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin 🇷🇺
Mission success criteria Successful launch and docking to the ISS

Webcasts

Stream Link
NASA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe_1qo6teZs
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w-ClMk4Lbw
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdyis00_Mww
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ289PotNhc
Everyday Astronaut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhEl4natq0
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOCMz-CBW_I
SpaceX https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1764483953434771919#m
The Space Devs

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 4th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 17 days, 21:47:23 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 38th landing at LZ-1

☑️ 20th Falcon 9 launch this year, 306th Falcon 9 launch overall

☑️ 229th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)

☑️ 279th Falcon booster landing, 290th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 320th SpaceX mission overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 331st SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)

Mission info