the bobndoug ship flies again! edition
Livestream: https://youtu.be/lW07SN3YoLI
Launch window: Friday, April 23 5:49 AM EDT / 9:49 UTC (instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 10% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20NASA%20Crew-2%20L-1%20Day%20Forecast%20-%2023%20April%20Launch.pdf?ver=unpqqwB7Wj7eTPlbLTqpOg%3d%3d)
Backup launch window: Monday, April 26 4:38 AM EDT / 8:38 UTC
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1061.2 (prior launches: Crew-1)
Launch pad: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’
Payload: Crew Dragon Endeavour C206.2 (prior flights: DEMO-2)
Destination Orbit: ISS; 400 km x 52°
Docking time: Saturday, April 24, 5:10 AM EDT / 9:10 UTC
Astronauts onboard:
>Shane Kimbrough https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/robert-shane-kimbrough
>Megan McArthur https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/k-megan-mcarthur
>Akihiko Hoshide https://iss.jaxa.jp/en/astro/biographies/hoshide/index.html (JAXA)
>Thomas Pesquet https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Thomas_Pesquet (ESA)
>Commercial Crew press kit: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/commercial_crew_press_kit.pdf
>https://www.nasa.gov/subject/19027/crew2/
Launch viewing guide for Florida: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX
>This is the first human spaceflight mission to fly astronauts on a flight-proven Falcon 9 and Dragon. Dragon will autonomously dock with the International Space Station.
>After an approximate six-month stay, Dragon and the Crew-2 astronauts will depart from the space station no earlier than October 31 for return to Earth
>113th Falcon 9 flight, 73rd landing, 56th preflight of a 1st stage booster
>3rd crewed SpaceX launch
>11th Falcon 9 launch of 2021
Livestream: https://youtu.be/lW07SN3YoLI
Launch window: Friday, April 23 5:49 AM EDT / 9:49 UTC (instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 10% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20NASA%20Crew-2%20L-1%20Day%20Forecast%20-%2023%20April%20Launch.pdf?ver=unpqqwB7Wj7eTPlbLTqpOg%3d%3d)
Backup launch window: Monday, April 26 4:38 AM EDT / 8:38 UTC
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1061.2 (prior launches: Crew-1)
Launch pad: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’
Payload: Crew Dragon Endeavour C206.2 (prior flights: DEMO-2)
Destination Orbit: ISS; 400 km x 52°
Docking time: Saturday, April 24, 5:10 AM EDT / 9:10 UTC
Astronauts onboard:
>Shane Kimbrough https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/robert-shane-kimbrough
>Megan McArthur https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/k-megan-mcarthur
>Akihiko Hoshide https://iss.jaxa.jp/en/astro/biographies/hoshide/index.html (JAXA)
>Thomas Pesquet https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Thomas_Pesquet (ESA)
>Commercial Crew press kit: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/commercial_crew_press_kit.pdf
>https://www.nasa.gov/subject/19027/crew2/
Launch viewing guide for Florida: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX
>This is the first human spaceflight mission to fly astronauts on a flight-proven Falcon 9 and Dragon. Dragon will autonomously dock with the International Space Station.
>After an approximate six-month stay, Dragon and the Crew-2 astronauts will depart from the space station no earlier than October 31 for return to Earth
>113th Falcon 9 flight, 73rd landing, 56th preflight of a 1st stage booster
>3rd crewed SpaceX launch
>11th Falcon 9 launch of 2021
