Crew-2
A documentary following ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on his second trip to the International Space Station, Mission Alpha, which launched on April 23rd, 2021 aboard a Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon Endeavour.
Key moments
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Launch preparations at Cape Canaveral and the reused Crew Dragon Endeavour
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Launch profile: stage separation and first-stage landing
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Station size, structure and international partners
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Docking takes 23 hours 30 minutes over 15 orbits
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Water recycling and personal hygiene
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Daily schedule and sleeping in microgravity
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Effects of weightlessness on the body and exercise
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Columbus laboratory and its control center
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Remote-controlled ultrasound probe
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Earth photography and station communications
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Spacesuits and the Neutral Buoyancy Lab
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Debris avoidance and Nauka thruster incident
Key facts
| Vehicle | Crew Dragon, Falcon 9 |
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| Mission name | Crew-2 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, Florida |
| Crew | Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Akihiko Hoshide, Thomas Pesquet |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Duration | over 195 days |
| Outcome | Success |
Videos about this mission
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