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"NASA TV Covers SpaceX Crew-2 Docking to Station Today". ^ "Mission Timeline for Launch Thursday, April 23 at 5:49:02 EST".^ "Megan to reuse Bob's demo-2 seat in crew-2 mission"."SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station, nails rocket landing". "SpaceX launches first astronauts on a reused rocket". "Next Crew Dragon launch set for April 22". "NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Next Commercial Crew Launch". "JAXA has announced long stay visits to the ISS for 20" (Tweet) – via Twitter. ^ a b c "Thomas Pesquet first ESA astronaut to ride a Dragon to space"."NASA, SpaceX Adjust Crew-2 Station Departure Date". ^ "NASA TV to Air Crew Dragon Crew-2 Port Relocation on Space Station".^ "Starliner capsule fueled for unpiloted test flight to International Space Station".^ a b "SpaceX's Crew-2 launch lights up the predawn sky with a spectacular show (photos)".The Crew Dragon undocked from the station at 19:05 UTC on 8 November 2021 and splashed down off the coast of Florida at 03:33 UTC on 9 November 2021. ĭue to weather delays and a minor health problem with one of the SpaceX Crew-3 crew, NASA decided to bring home the Crew-2 astronauts from the ISS before launching Crew-3, thus being the first Crew Dragon indirect handover of space station crews. Flight DayĪn off-key, all flute comedic cover of A-Ha's "Take On Me", made by YouTube artist "Shittyflute". Each track is specially chosen, often by the astronauts' families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities. NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the Gemini program, and first used music to wake up a flight crew during Apollo 15. Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the launch vehicle)ĭragon starts the final phase of the approach to the ISS. SpaceX launch director verifies go for launch.Įngine controller commands Merlin engine ignition sequence to start. RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins 1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins.įalcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch.Ĭommand flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins. SpaceX launch director verifies go for propellant load
#Crew 2 launch license#
With CRS-23, ( C208) and Inspiration4 ( Resilience), three Dragon spacecraft have been in space during the same period, from 16 to 18 September 2021 (UTC).ĭragon IMU align and configure for launch.Ĭrew walk out of Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout BuildingĬrew transportation to Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) by Tesla Model X with "RECYCLE" license plate Īs preparation for the launch of Starliner, the Crew Dragon Endeavour docked to ISS at Harmony forward port for its Crew-2 mission was undocked at 10:45 UTC and relocated to Harmony zenith port on 21 July 2021, at 11:36 UTC. It is the second mission by Thomas Pesquet to the International Space Station and will be called Alpha, after Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth, following the French tradition to name space missions after stars or constellations. Akihiko Hoshide will serve as the second Japanese ISS commander during his stay. Alongside the three other crew members, Megan McArthur is using the same seat of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour in this mission which her husband, Bob Behnken, used on the Demo-2 mission. Īll crew are veteran astronauts, though this is Megan McArthur's first visit to the ISS (as her first spaceflight was STS-125, a mission to the Hubble Space Telescope). This mission is the first with astronauts on board with a previously used booster launch vehicle.
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The Crew Dragon Endeavour (C206), docked to the International Docking Adapter (IDA) on the Harmony module at its forward port. The second SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program launched on 23 April 2021. Megan McArthur of Crew-2 Mission seen using same seat that Bob Behnken used in Demo-2 mission