Stage 1 of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket completed its descent and successfully landed on SpaceX’s drone ship, Just Read the Instructions, off the coast of Florida.
Stage 1 Successfully Lands on SpaceX Drone Ship
Tag: Kennedy Space Center
Crew-6 Reports Trajectory Nominal
The positive call came in from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Commander Stephen Bowen that trajectory is nominal. The first stage has started its descent.
First Stage Main Engine Cutoff, First and Second Stages Separate
The Falcon 9 rocket has reached first stage main engine cutoff (MECO). The first and second stages have separated.
Falcon 9 Reaches Max Q for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
Max Q, or the moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket, has been reached.
Liftoff! Crew-6 Lights Up the Florida Early Morning Sky
The Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft roared off of Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:34 a.m. EST! Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Sultan Alneyadi, and Andrey Fedyaev have successfully begun their approximate 24.5-hour journey to the International Space Station on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission.
Max Q will happen during the next minute.
Crew-6 Reaches Terminal Count for Launch from Kennedy
The RP-1 rocket fuel load for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission launch is complete.
It’s just a few minutes until liftoff, and all looks good for the Crew-6 launch! There is still time to tune in to NASA TV or the agency’s website to watch the rocket and spacecraft blast off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission 20 Minutes from Launch
Fuel loading is complete on the second stage, and liquid oxygen loading has begun. Everything remains on target for the 12:34 a.m. EST launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida.
Weather conditions remain extremely favorable. Tune in to NASA TV or the agency’s website for a live broadcast.
The mission is the sixth crew rotation flight of a Dragon spacecraft as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, carrying NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, who will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who will serve as mission specialists.
Propellant and Liquid Oxygen Loading Underway for Crew-6 Launch
Right on schedule – at T-minus 35 minutes – RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading and first stage liquid oxygen loading has begun.
Liftoff, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is at 12:34 a.m. EST.
Tune in to NASA TV or the agency’s website for a live broadcast.
Dragon Endeavour Spacecraft Launch Escape System Armed
The launch escape system for the Dragon spacecraft Endeavour is now armed. From liftoff until they reach orbit – roughly 12 minutes – the crew would be able to escape safely in the unlikely event of an emergency.
Crew-6 will carry two NASA astronauts – Mission Commander Stephen Bowen and Pilot Warren Hoburg – along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who join as mission specialists, to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 12:34 a.m. EST, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.
Up next is propellant loading.
Crew Access Arm Retracted for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Launch
The crew access arm has retracted. Coming up shortly, the Dragon launch escape system will be armed.
More details about the mission can be found on the Crew-6 blog, in the press kit online and by following the commercial crew blog, @commercial_crew on Twitter, and commercial crew on Facebook.
Learn more about station activities by following @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter as well as the ISS Facebook account.