Space Launch Now - SpaceX Crew-4 Farewell and Change of Command Ceremony

Change of Command

SpaceX Crew-4 Farewell and Change of Command Ceremony

International Space Station International Space Station Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-4 Expedition 68

Before Crew-4 astronauts return to Earth, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will hand over command of the International Space Station to ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-4

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 27, 2022, 7:52 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

SpaceX Crew-4 is the fourth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Low Earth Orbit B1067 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas

Explore Share

International Space Station

Low Earth Orbit Government Founded: Nov. 20, 1998 Mass: 419.7T Volume: 931 m³

Status - Active

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added …

Explore

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

4 hours, 42 minutes ago

NROL-105

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Twelfth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office …

Ceres-2

Failure

5 hours, 13 minutes ago

Demo Flight

Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Ceres-2 rocket.

Long March 3B/E

Failure

16 hours, 26 minutes ago

Shijian 32

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Chinese experimental spacecraft of unknown purposes.

Ceres-1S

Success

1 day, 13 hours ago

Tianqi 37-40

Rizhao offshore launch location - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.

Long March 2C

Success

2 days, 5 hours ago

AlSat 3A

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Earth observation satellite built by China's CAST for the Algerian Space Agency.

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 15 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-98

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 8A

Success

3 days, 17 hours ago

SatNet LEO Group 18

Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…