Crew Dragon Endurance
{{Short description|SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft}}
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{{Infobox individual space vehicle
| name = Crew Dragon Endurance
| image = Crew-5 Endurance roll to pad.jpg
| caption = Crew Dragon Endurance during rollout to pad 39A in October 2022.
| type = Space capsule
| class = Dragon 2
| eponym = Endurance
| serial = C210
| owner = SpaceX
| manufacturer = SpaceX
| dimensions = {{Convert|4.4|x|3.7|m|abbr=on}}
| dry_mass =
| communciation =
| power = Solar panel
| rocket = Falcon 9 Block 5
| location = International Space Station
| first_flight_date = 11 November 2021–6 May 2022
| first_flight = Crew-3
| last_flight_date = 14 March 2025–present
| last_flight = Crew-10
| flights = 4
| time = {{Time in space|14 March 2025, 23:03:48|532|15|00|refresh=no}}
| travelled =
| orbits =
| previous = C209
| next = C211
}}
Crew Dragon Endurance (serial number C210) is the third operational SpaceX Dragon 2 reusable spacecraft manufactured and operated by SpaceX. It first launched on 11 November 2021 to the International Space Station (ISS) on the SpaceX Crew-3 mission. It has subsequently been used for the Crew-5 mission launched in October 2022, the Crew-7 mission launched in August 2023, and the Crew-10 mission in March 2025. The capsule was named in honor of the SpaceX and NASA teams who worked to build the spacecraft during the COVID-19 pandemic and Endurance, the ship used by Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
History
On 7 October 2021, it was announced that Dragon C210 would be called Endurance.{{Cite web|title=We have a capsule name!|url=https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1446178305066012681|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-07|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007182230/https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1446178305066012681 |archive-date=7 October 2021 }} Astronaut Raja Chari said that the name honors the SpaceX and NASA teams that built the spacecraft and trained the astronauts who will fly it. Those workers endured through a pandemic. The name also honors Endurance, the ship used by Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The three-masted vessel sank in 1915 after being bound in ice before reaching Antarctica{{cite web |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/10/08/astronauts-choose-endurance-as-name-for-new-spacex-crew-capsule/|title=Astronauts choose "Endurance" as name for new SpaceX crew capsule|publisher=Spaceflight Now |date=8 October 2021|access-date=8 October 2021}} and was found during the Crew-3 mission.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-09 |title=Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60662541 |access-date=2022-04-02|archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309073415/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60662541 |url-status=live }}
Endurance was first launched on 11 November 2021 (UTC) on a Falcon 9 Block 5 from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), LC-39A, carrying NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, as well as ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer on a six-month mission to the International Space Station.
Flights
List includes only completed or currently manifested missions. Dates are listed in UTC, and for future events, they are the earliest possible opportunities (also known as {{Abbr|NET|no earlier than}} dates) and may change.
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| Flight No.
! Mission and Patch ! Launch ! Landing ! Duration ! Remarks ! Crew ! Outcome |
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| 1
| 11 November 2021, 02:03:31 | 6 May 2022, 04:43:23 | {{time interval|11 November 2021 02:03:30|6 May 2022 04:43:23|sep=comma|show=dhm}} | Long-duration mission. Ferried four members of the Expedition 66/67 crew to the ISS. | {{Unbulleted list|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} Raja Chari}}|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} Thomas Marshburn}}|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} Kayla Barron}}|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|GER}} Matthias Maurer}}}} | {{Success}} |
| 2
| 5 October 2022, 16:00:57 | 12 March 2023, 02:02 | {{time interval|5 October 2022 16:00:57|12 March 2023 02:02|sep=comma|show=dhm}} | Long-duration mission. Ferried four members of the Expedition 68 crew to the ISS. | {{Unbulleted list|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} Nicole Aunapu Mann}}|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} Josh A. Cassada}}|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|JPN}} Koichi Wakata}}|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|RUS}} Anna Kikina}}}} | {{Success}} |
| 3
| 26 August 2023, 07:27:27 | 12 March 2024, 09:47 | {{time interval|26 August 2023 07:27:27|12 March 2024 09:47|sep=comma|show=dhm}} | Long-duration mission. Ferried four members of the Expedition 69/70 crew to the ISS. | {{Unbulleted list|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} Jasmin Moghbeli}}|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|DEN}} Andreas Mogensen}}|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|JPN}} Satoshi Furukawa}}|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Borisov}}}} | {{Success}} |
| 4
| 14 March 2025, 23:03:48 | Q3 2025 | 180 days (planned) | Long-duration mission. Will ferry four Expedition 73 crew members to the ISS. | {{Unbulleted list|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} Anne McClain}}|{{Nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} Nichole Ayers}}|{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Onishi}}|{{flagicon|RUS}} Kirill Peskov}} | {{Operational|In progress}} |
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References
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External links
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