SpaceX CRS-8, also known as SpX-8, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was launched on April 8, 2016, at 20:43 UTC. It was the 23rd flight of a Falcon 9 rocket, the tenth flight of a Dragon cargo spacecraft and the eighth operational mission contracted to SpaceX by NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services program. The capsule carried over 3,100 kilograms (6,800 lb) of cargo to the ISS including the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), a prototype inflatable space habitat delivered in the vehicle's trunk, which will be attached to the station for two years of in-orbit viability tests.
After boosting the payload on its orbital trajectory, the rocket's first stage re-entered the denser layers of the atmosphere and landed vertically on the ocean landing platform Of Course I Still Love You nine minutes after liftoff, achieving a long-sought-after milestone in SpaceX reusable launch system development program.
The recovered Falcon 9 first stage (SN:B1021) from this mission became the first one to be flown again, launching the SES-10 satellite on March 30, 2017.
Start of mission Launch date: April 8, 2016, 20:43 UTC Rocket: Falcon 9 FT Launch site: Cape Canaveral SLC-40 Contractor: SpaceX
End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date: May 11, 2016, 18:31 UTC Landing site: Pacific Ocean
Orbital parameters Reference system: Geocentric Regime: Low Earth Perigee: 402 km (250 mi) Apogee: 405 km (252 mi) Inclination: 51.64 degrees Period: 92.63 minutes Epoch: May 10, 2016, 13:19:38 UTC
Berthing at ISS Berthing port: Harmony nadir RMS capture: April 10, 2016, 11:23 UTC Berthing date: April 10, 2016, 13:57 UTC Unberthing date: May 11, 2016 RMS release: May 11, 2016, 13:19 UTC Payload BEAM Mass: 3,136 kg (6,914 lb) Pressurised: 1,723 kg (3,799 lb) Unpressurised: 1,413 kg (3,115 lb)
First stage of Falcon 9 Flight 23 landed on autonomous spaceport drone ship
The CRS-8 SpaceX Dragon captured by Canadarm on April 10, 2016
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Courtesy: msn.news - The Telegraph - Sarah Knapton 29.06.19
