Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Of Course I Still Love You
B1021
Flight #1
6th Falcon recovery attempt
2nd successful Falcon recovery
1st consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery
Mission Details
CRS SpX-8
SpaceX CRS-8, also known as SpX-8, was the eighth operational mission contracted to SpaceX by NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services program. The cargo included the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), a prototype inflatable space habitat delivered in the vehicle's trunk, which was attached to the station to test the viability of inflatable station modules. A total of 3,136kg of cargo was delivered to the ISS. Dragon was berthed to the station for just under 31 days before it returned to Earth. This mission was flown by Dragon C110-1.
Total Mass: 3,136.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2016
24th orbital launch attempt
SpaceX
28th mission
3rd mission of 2016
23rd successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission
Falcon 9
23rd mission
3rd mission of 2016
21st successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission