The subsequent business crew is on its strategy to space, and you may watch all of the motion reside.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon will ship 4 folks to the International Space Station (ISS), together with the primary Native American girl in space and the primary Russian cosmonaut to sit on a business spacecraft. Crew-5 is slated to raise off at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) on Wednesday (Oct. 5) and you may watch reside right here at Area.com, by way of NASA Tv, and obtain updates on the NASA web site, app and social media.
The spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Nicole Mann (a member of the Wailacki of the Spherical Valley Indian Tribes in northern California) and Josh Cassada, together with Japan Aerospace Exploration Company (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina.
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NASA Tv (and Area.com) will carry coverage (opens in new tab) of all of the pre-flight and flight occasions, starting from the launch readiness assessment consequence to launch actions to docking on the ISS. An inventory of the important thing occasions is under. Observe that a few of these instances might change attributable to operational necessities.
Monday, Oct. 3
7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT) — Prelaunch information teleconference at Kennedy Area Heart in Florida (no sooner than one hour after completion of the launch readiness assessment). The information convention will embrace the next members:
- Steve Stich, supervisor, Business Crew Program, Kennedy Area Heart
- Joel Montalbano, supervisor, Worldwide Area Station, Johnson Area Heart
- Emily Nelson, chief flight director, Johnson Area Heart
- Kirt Costello, chief scientist, NASA’s Worldwide Area Station Program
- Benji Reed, senior director, Human Spaceflight Applications, SpaceX
- Junichi Sakai, supervisor, Worldwide Area Station, JAXA
- Sergei Krikalev, govt director, Human Area Flight Applications, Roscosmos
- Brian Cizek, launch climate officer, U.S. Area Power forty fifth Climate Squadron
Wednesday, Oct. 5
8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT) — NASA TV launch protection begins.
12 p.m. EDT (1630 GMT) — Launch of Crew-5.
1:30 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT) — Submit-launch information convention on NASA TV with the next members:
- Kathy Lueders, affiliate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
- Steve Stich, supervisor, Business Crew Program, Kennedy Area Heart
- Joel Montalbano, supervisor, Worldwide Area Station, Johnson Area Heart
- Benji Reed, senior director, Human Spaceflight Applications, SpaceX
- Hiroshi Sasaki, vp and director common, JAXA’s Human Spaceflight Expertise Directorate
- Sergei Krikalev, govt director, Human Area Flight Applications, Roscosmos
Thursday, Oct. 6
4:57 p.m. EDT (2057 GMT) — Docking to the Worldwide Area Station
6:42 p.m. EDT (2242 GMT) — Hatch opening
8:15 p.m. EDT (0015 GMT Friday, Oct. 7) — Welcome ceremony
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