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  • F9: Crew Dragon "Resilience" - Crew 1 (putting on a SpaceX spacesuit)

    SpaceX's Crew Dragon will be doing several consecutive crew missions for NASA while Boeing's Starliner program spends an extended period in the woodshed.

    80+ major issues during Starliner's Orbital Flight Test, meaning the test needs to be re-flown and Boeing QA/AC and software goes through a series of anal exams.

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    HOUSTON (NASA PR) — NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 2:40 a.m. EDT Saturday, Oct. 31, for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station.

    The new target date will deconflict the Crew-1 launch and arrival from upcoming Soyuz launch and landing operations.*This additional time is needed to ensure closure of all open work, both on the ground and aboard the station, ahead of the Crew-1 arrival.*The increased spacing also will provide a good window of opportunity to conduct additional testing to isolate the station atmosphere leak if required.

    SpaceX continues to make progress on preparations of the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, and the adjusted date allows the teams additional time for completing open work ahead of launch.

    Astronauts*Michael Hopkins,*Victor Glover, and*Shannon Walker*of NASA and*Soichi Noguchi*of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will be carried to the station on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    The launch will be the first time an international crew will fly aboard a NASA-certified, commercially-owned and operated American rocket and spacecraft from American soil.

    Following the launch, the Crew-1 astronauts are scheduled to arrive at the space station for a six-month science mission aboard the orbiting laboratory.

    NASA is in the final stages of the data reviews needed ahead of certification following the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 test flight. Teams from NASA and SpaceX will provide an update on the process during upcoming*media briefings*beginning at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 29, hosted from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

    For more information about the mission, visit:**https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew.
    Dr. Mordrid
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  • #2
    SpaceX @SpaceX
    Sep 29, 2020
    After launch of Crew Dragon’s first operational mission with astronauts on board, SpaceX will launch its 21st cargo resupply mission to the ISS – the first to use the upgraded version of Dragon outfitted for cargo missions
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    Once this Dragon docks to the @space_station, there will be two Dragons docked simultaneously. Between crew and cargo missions, there will be at least one Dragon spacecraft attached to the @space_station for the entirety of 2021

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    • #3
      Jeff Foustb@jeff_foust (Space News)
      On to the Crew-1 briefing. Steve Stich, NASA commercial crew manager, notes this mission will set the record for the longest time a US spacecraft has been docked in orbit (current record is the Apollo spacecraft on the final Skylab mission.)
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      Jeff Foust @jeff_foust
      Replying to @jeff_foust
      SpaceX’s Reed says he’s not sure how many Dragon spacecraft will be needed for the 7 crew/cargo missions in next 14 months; some will be reused. As for private astronaut missions, see the first “late next year.”


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      • #4
        Enter: Crew Dragon "Resilience"

        The DM-2 review found 2 main issues;

        1) slightly more heat shield erosion than expected around the Trunk's 4 tension ties (attachments). Fix: harder tiles there.

        2) the parachutes opened within the specified altitude range, but a little low. Fix: use a different altitude sensor.

        NASA and SpaceX are finalizing reviews of minor changes to the Crew Dragon spacecraft to be completef before the Crew-1 launch.


        NASA and SpaceX wrapping up certification of Crew Dragon

        WASHINGTON — NASA and SpaceX are finalizing reviews of minor changes to the Crew Dragon spacecraft that they expect will be complete before the first operational mission launches to the International Space Station at the end of October.
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        The four astronauts who will fly on the Crew-1 mission — NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi — said they were ready for the flight, having finished all their training for the mission except for a few final simulator sessions. The astronauts announced that, following the tradition of the Demo-2 mission, where astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley named their Crew Dragon spacecraft “Endeavour,” they had selected the name “Resilience” for their spacecraft.

        “I think all of us can agree that 2020 has certainly been a challenging year,” Hopkins said. “The name ‘Resilience’ is really in honor of the SpaceX and NASA teams and, quite frankly, it’s in honor of our families, our colleagues, our fellow citizens, international partners and leaders, who have all shown that same quality, that same characteristic through these difficult times.”
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        • #5
          Crew Dragon Crew-1: game on

          HOUSTON (NASA PR) — NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 7:49 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 14, for the launch of the first crew rotation mission to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

          Managers of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 28, to discuss the upcoming launch, including results from recent testing of the Falcon 9 Merlin engines following unexpected data SpaceX noted during a recent non-NASA launch. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website.

          Briefing participants include:

          Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington
          Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston
          Hans Koenigsmann, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX, Hawthorne, California
          NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission will launch the agency’s astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy.

          Crew-1 astronauts will join the Expedition 64 crew of Commander Sergey Ryzhikov, and Flight Engineers Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins. The arrival of Crew-1 will increase the regular crew size of the space station’s expedition missions from six to seven astronauts, adding to the amount of crew time available for research.

          The Crew-1 mission will launch a few days after the Nov. 10 scheduled launch of NASA’s Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, following a thorough review of launch vehicle performance.

          Audio of the teleconference will stream live online at:

          NASA TV live: Watch live broadcasts from NASA Television and NASA's social media channels, and a schedule of upcoming live events including news briefings, launches and landings.


          For more information about the mission, visit:

          https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
          Dr. Mordrid
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          • #6
            Per the NASA/SpaceX presser,

            IF Crew-1 launches October 14 it will do a fast transfer trajectory of 8.5 hours before docking at ISS.

            Launching on the 15th or later misses the opportunity.
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            • #7
              Dragon Crew-1 Saturday Nov 14 at 1949 Eastern

              Prepare your popcorn & brews...

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              • #8
                [CRS-21:[/b] Cargo Dragon 2 maiden flight to ISS, Decembe 2, 2020

                SpaceX's Benji Reed at the November 10, 2020 Crew-1 presser,

                Over the next 15 months, we will fly seven Crew and Cargo Dragon missions for NASA. That means that starting with Crew-1, there will be a continuous presence of SpaceX Dragons on orbit. Starting with the cargo mission CRS-21, every time we launch a Dragon, there will be two Dragons in space – simultaneously – for extended periods of time. Truly, we are returning the United States’ capability for full launch services and we are very, very honored to be a part of that.
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                • #9
                  Crew Dragon Crew-1 slips: weather (not unexpected)

                  Date: November 15, 2020
                  Time: 1927 Eastern (0027 UT)
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                  • #10
                    Pre-mission summary

                    Crew Dragon's first operational mission after receiving it's Human Rating from NASA.

                    Crew

                    Commander: Michael S. Hopkins, NASA
                    Pilot: Victor J. Glover, NASA
                    Mission Specialist 1: Soichi Noguchi, JAXA (Japan)
                    Mission Specialist 2: Shannon Walker, NASA

                    Vehicle: Dragon C207 "Resilience"

                    Date: Sunday November 15, 2020
                    Time: 1927 Eastern (0027 UT)

                    NASA/SpaceX live stream


                    SpaceX's Benji Reed at the Flight Readiness Review (FRR),

                    Over the next 15 months, we will fly seven Crew and Cargo Dragon missions for NASA. That means that starting with Crew-1, there will be a continuous presence of SpaceX Dragons on orbit. Starting with the cargo mission CRS-21, every time we launch a Dragon, there will be two Dragons in space – simultaneously – for extended periods of time. Truly, we are returning the United States’ capability for full launch services and we are very, very honored to be a part of that.
                    Private commercial Crew Dragon missions begin in late 2021 with the Axiom Space Ax-1 mission to ISS. Axiom is building their own commercial ISS module then, after a few years at ISS, Axiom will detach it to become a free flying commercial space station.
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                    • #11
                      SpaceX Crew-1 stream

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                      • #12
                        GO for launch

                        Propellant loading
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                        • #13
                          Weather now 80%
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                          • #14
                            Crew Access Arm retracting

                            SuperDraco escape system armed
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                            • #15
                              Hopkins: "Crew One For All"
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