SpaceX CRS-21
CRS-21 undocks from ISS | |
| Names | SpX-21 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| COSPAR ID | 2020-093A |
| SATCAT no. | 47233 |
| Website | https://www.spacex.com/ |
| Mission duration | 38 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Cargo Dragon C208 |
| Spacecraft type | Cargo Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Launch mass | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) |
| Payload mass | 2,972 kg (6,552 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 6 December 2020, 16:17:08 UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 B1058-4 |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | MV GO Navigator |
| Landing date | 14 January 2021, 01:26 UTC |
| Landing site | Gulf Coast |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony zenith |
| Docking date | 7 December 2020, 18:40 UTC |
| Undocking date | 12 January 2021, 14:05 UTC |
| Time docked | 35 days, 19 hours, 25 minutes |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2,972 kg (6,552 lb) |
| Pressurised | 1,882 kg (4,149 lb) |
| Unpressurised | 1,090 kg (2,400 lb) |
SpaceX CRS-21 mission patch | |
SpaceX CRS-21, also known as SpX-21, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station which launched on 6 December 2020. The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon 2. This was the first flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. This was also the first Cargo Dragon of the new Dragon 2 variant, as well as the first Cargo Dragon flight that was docked at the same time as a Crew Dragon spacecraft (SpaceX Crew-1). This mission used Booster B1058.4, becoming the first NASA mission to reuse a booster previously used on a non-NASA mission. This was also first time SpaceX launched a NASA payload on a booster with more than one previous flight.