Questions tagged [crew-size]
Questions regarding the number of crew members onboard a mission.
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What factors have enabled the increase in ISS crew?
A glance at the ISS expeditions wiki seems to show that the ISS's crew complement has been increasing in recent years, from between 3 and 6 to 6 to 11 - a boost to the science productivity, I'm sure.
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What are the G forces the Dragon 2 crew experience during splashdown? And what is the seat angle for the current configuration of 4 astronauts?
The Dragon 2 has a crew capacity of seven, but, NASA decided to change the specification for the angle of the ship’s seats due to concerns about the g-forces crew members might experience during ...
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Did "Where Is Everybody?" have any influence on multi-person crews?
The pilot episode of The Twilight Zone entitled "Where Is Everybody?" portrays a lone astronaut going crazy due to long-term isolation and lonliness. At the end of the episode, the general in charge ...
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How many times has there been 13 people inside the ISS and is it hard on the station?
I just saw this photo in @SF.'s answer it is ISS023-E-023513 STS-131 and Expedition 23. The full caption is below.
Are there really 13 people on the ISS at one time?
Is STS-131 the only shuttle ...
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Why will Soyuz MS-04 bring only two crew to the ISS?
Soyuz MS-04 has the distinction of being the first manned launch of 2017, and the first (at least in a while?) to bring only two, rather than three crew members to the ISS.
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Which current (2016) ISS resupply vehicles are human-rated, and how many astronauts can they each support?
Based on the situation in 2016:
Which vehicles that are in use for ISS resupply missions are human-rated by any space agency? (Bonus points for a list broken down by country of origin and/or the ...
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Minimum Crew of Soyuz TMA-M
Is there a NASA or a Roscosmos safety guidelines or something, stating the minimum crew required to safely operate the TMA-M? I.e. get it into orbit and safely re-enter.
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Could Orion repeat any of the Hubble Space Shuttle servicing missions?
I have a distinct feeling that there's some apparent no-go on the question in the title, but currently can't put my finger on it;
For the lifting mass to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), let's assume that SLS (...
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If NASA's plan is to launch 4 astronauts to the ISS on CCtCAP vehicles, why design for 7?
The three CCtCAP competitors, Dream Chaser, CST-100, and Dragon are all designed to carry a crew of 7.
Operationally, NASA plans on launching crews of 4, since that allows the station to support a ...
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How would one come up with an optimal team-size for a manned interplanetary mission?
How big would a manned ascent stage for Mars need to be? assumes 3 astronauts. That question appears to draw inspiration from the Apollo programme, and the Soyuz evolution. Part of the rationale ...
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Why have so many space missions had a crew of 3?
Just reading about manned space-craft. Space travel on record is listed briefly on Wikipedia. The section on successful manned missions is of particular interest.
Successful manned programs have, ...
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