Managers from NASA, SpaceX, and international partners will gather at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8 p.m. EST, today, Feb. 25, to determine the launch readiness for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 liftoff to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 1:45 a.m. EST Monday, Feb. 27, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida.
Following the Launch Readiness Review, the prelaunch news teleconference (audio only) at Kennedy starts at 10:30 p.m. EST today with the following participants:
- Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy
- Dana Weigel, deputy program manager, International Space Station, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
- Zeb Scoville, deputy chief flight director, Johnson
- Kirt Costello, chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Benji Reed, senior director, Human Spaceflight Program, SpaceX
- Adnan AlRais, mission manager UAE Astronaut Mission 2, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, UAE
- Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, U.S. Space Force 45th Weather Squadron
The news conference can be found at www.nasa.gov/nasalive.
Weather officials with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron continue to predict a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions for launch, with the cumulus cloud rule serving as the primary weather concern.
Starting at 10:15 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 26, there will be a live broadcast of the mission – including liftoff and postlaunch milestones – on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Check the Crew-6 blog for key events leading up to launch, and then follow the blog on launch day starting at 9 p.m. EST.