Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated October 2:Quote<snip>A Falcon 9 will launch the CRS-31 Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the ISS from pad 39A on October 30 at 12:49 a.m. EDT.
<snip>A Falcon 9 will launch the CRS-31 Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the ISS from pad 39A on October 30 at 12:49 a.m. EDT.
10/04/2024 12:04Progress MS-28 cargo ship corrected the ISS orbitThe orbit of the International Space Station was corrected today.The engines of the Progress MS-28 cargo ship, docked to the Zvezda service module of the Russian segment of the ISS, were activated at 11:44 Moscow time and, according to preliminary data from the Mission Control Center of the Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), worked for 1207.62 seconds, producing an impulse of 1.66 m/s.As a result, the average altitude of the station's orbit increased by 2.9 km and amounted to 419 km.During the entire flight of the ISS, 366 corrections to the altitude of its orbit were made, 208 of which were made using the engines of the Progress ships.The crew of the 72nd long-term expedition is working on board the ISS, which includes Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Alexander Grebenkin and Alexander Gorbunov, NASA astronauts Donald Pettit, Matthew Dominik, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams.
Tuesday, Oct. 81 a.m.—Coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 hatch closing on the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. Stream on NASA+2:45 a.m.—Undocking coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from the International Space Station. Undocking is scheduled for 3:05 a.m. Coverage will continue through the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft’s exit from the neighborhood of the Space Station at approx. 3:24 a.m. Stream on NASA+. Coverage of the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft’s free flight will continue on mission audio. NASA+ will resume coverage at 8:15 a.m. for deorbit burn and splashdown.3:30 p.m.—Science briefing for NASA’s Europa Clipper mission. Stream on NASA+
NASA Commercial Crew @Commercial_CrewNASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:05 a.m. ET Thursday, Oct. 10, for the undocking of the Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station due to weather conditions off the coast of Florida. Mission managers continue to monitor conditions, with the next weather briefing planned for 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 8.
https://twitter.com/commercial_crew/status/1843428287927767118QuoteNASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:05 a.m. ET Sunday, Oct. 13, for the undocking of the #Crew8 mission from @Space_Station due to weather conditions and potential impacts from Hurricane #Milton across the Florida peninsula.Mission managers continue to monitor conditions, with the next weather briefing planned for 11 a.m. ET Friday, Oct. 11.
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:05 a.m. ET Sunday, Oct. 13, for the undocking of the #Crew8 mission from @Space_Station due to weather conditions and potential impacts from Hurricane #Milton across the Florida peninsula.Mission managers continue to monitor conditions, with the next weather briefing planned for 11 a.m. ET Friday, Oct. 11.
Sunday, Oct. 131 a.m.—Coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 departure from the International Space Station. The Dragon Endeavour spacecraft hatch closure is scheduled for 1:30 a.m. Stream on NASA+2:45 a.m.—Undocking coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from the International Space Station. Undocking scheduled for 3:05 a.m. Stream on NASA+3:25 a.m. (approx.)—Following the conclusion of Dragon Endeavour spacecraft’s departure from the International Space Station, coverage will continue with audio only. Full coverage will resume on NASA+ ahead of the deorbit burn and splashdown
BAIKONURSoyuz MS-27Manned mission to the ISS:seeing off the crew into orbitLaunch date: March 20, 2025
Lukas C. H. @GewoonLukas_The launch of the Dream Chaser DCC-1 mission is now reportedly scheduled for NET May 2025. Dream Chaser was planned to launch aboard the Cert-2 mission, but wasn't ready in time. I suspect this means Dream Chaser will now launch on Vulcan's 7th or 8th flight.
Eric Berger @SciGuySpaceDreamchaser-1 is now NET May 2025. I'm not sure I would feel particularly confident in that date either, but there you go.
SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Sunday, October 13 at 7:05 a.m. ET for Dragon to autonomously undock from the International Space Station. After performing a series of departure burns to move away from the space station, Dragon will conduct multiple orbit-lowering maneuvers, jettison the trunk, and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for splashdown off the coast of Florida approximately 32.5 hours later at 3:38 p.m. ET on Monday, October 14....Mission TimelineAll Times Approximate and in Eastern Daylight TimeOctober 13 - October 14 Event5:20 a.m. | October 13 Dragon Hatch Closure7:05 a.m. | October 13 Dragon Autonomously Undocks from the International Space Station7:05 a.m. | October 13 Departure Burn 07:10 a.m. | October 14 Departure Burn 17:58 a.m. | October 13 Departure Burn 28:45 a.m. | October 13 Departure Burn 32:59 p.m. | October 14 Trunk Jettison3:04 p.m. | October 14 Deorbit Burn3:19 p.m. | October 14 Nosecone Closed3:49 p.m. | October 14 Drogue Parachutes Deploy3:50 p.m. | October 14 Main Parachutes Deploy3:53 p.m. | October 14 Dragon Splashdown
Due to unfavorable weather conditions off the coast of Florida, SpaceX and NASA are standing down from the October 13, 2024 Dragon undocking opportunity from the International Space Station. Teams will continue to monitor weather conditions for the next available opportunity.
Editor’s note: NASA and SpaceX waved off the opportunity at 7:05 a.m. EDT, Sunday, Oct. 13, for the undocking of Crew-8 from the International Space Station due to unfavorable weather conditions at the splashdown zones off the Florida coast. Mission managers continue to monitor conditions, with the next weather briefing planned for 11 a.m., Monday, Oct. 14.
Mission managers continue to monitor weather conditions near the splashdown zones off the Florida coast ahead of returning NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station. Current forecasts indicate unfavorable conditions over the next several days. The next weather briefing is planned for 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 16. If weather conditions improve, NASA and SpaceX will target no earlier than 3:05 a.m., Friday, Oct. 18, for undocking from the space station.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2024/10/15/nasa-updates-2025-commercial-crew-plan/QuoteNASA Updates 2025 Commercial Crew PlanNASA and its industry partners Boeing and SpaceX continue planning next year’s missions to the International Space Station for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. While significant work remains to prepare for these flights, the agency expects a busy year of in-orbit activities and is planning windows of opportunity for mission teams to target, pending operational readiness and station traffic.Crew-10NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is targeting no earlier than February 2025. The mission will carry NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov to the space station to conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations. This mission will be the second spaceflight for McClain and Onishi, and the first for Ayers and Peskov.Crew-9, which arrived at the space station on Sept. 29, carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Grubonov, will return to Earth with NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore accompanying Hague and Gorbunov, following a short handover with Crew-10.Crew-11NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 will be the second crew rotation flight of 2025 and is targeted for no earlier than July to benefit the space station needs, including accommodating resupply flights and other operations aboard the orbiting laboratory. NASA will announce the four-person crew at a later date.Next Starliner FlightThe timing and configuration of Starliner’s next flight will be determined once a better understanding of Boeing’s path to system certification is established. This determination will include considerations for incorporating Crew Flight Test lessons learned, approvals of final certification products, and operational readiness.Meanwhile, NASA is keeping options on the table for how best to achieve system certification, including windows of opportunity for a potential Starliner flight in 2025.NASA will provide more information when available.For more on NASA’s Commercial Crew Program missions to the orbiting laboratory follow the commercial crew blog and the program’s social media accounts via @commercial_crew on X and commercial crew on Facebook.Author Elyna Niles-CarnesPosted on October 15, 2024Categories Commercial Crew, Commercial Crew Program, International Space Station, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, NASA AstronautsTags anne McClain, Boeing Starliner, NASA's SpaceX Crew-10, NASA's SpaceX Crew-11, NASA's SpaceX Crew-9, Nichole Ayers
NASA Updates 2025 Commercial Crew PlanNASA and its industry partners Boeing and SpaceX continue planning next year’s missions to the International Space Station for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. While significant work remains to prepare for these flights, the agency expects a busy year of in-orbit activities and is planning windows of opportunity for mission teams to target, pending operational readiness and station traffic.Crew-10NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is targeting no earlier than February 2025. The mission will carry NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov to the space station to conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations. This mission will be the second spaceflight for McClain and Onishi, and the first for Ayers and Peskov.Crew-9, which arrived at the space station on Sept. 29, carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Grubonov, will return to Earth with NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore accompanying Hague and Gorbunov, following a short handover with Crew-10.Crew-11NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 will be the second crew rotation flight of 2025 and is targeted for no earlier than July to benefit the space station needs, including accommodating resupply flights and other operations aboard the orbiting laboratory. NASA will announce the four-person crew at a later date.Next Starliner FlightThe timing and configuration of Starliner’s next flight will be determined once a better understanding of Boeing’s path to system certification is established. This determination will include considerations for incorporating Crew Flight Test lessons learned, approvals of final certification products, and operational readiness.Meanwhile, NASA is keeping options on the table for how best to achieve system certification, including windows of opportunity for a potential Starliner flight in 2025.NASA will provide more information when available.For more on NASA’s Commercial Crew Program missions to the orbiting laboratory follow the commercial crew blog and the program’s social media accounts via @commercial_crew on X and commercial crew on Facebook.Author Elyna Niles-CarnesPosted on October 15, 2024Categories Commercial Crew, Commercial Crew Program, International Space Station, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, NASA AstronautsTags anne McClain, Boeing Starliner, NASA's SpaceX Crew-10, NASA's SpaceX Crew-11, NASA's SpaceX Crew-9, Nichole Ayers
UPDATED OCTOBER 17, 2024...A Falcon 9 will launch the CRS-31 Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the ISS from pad 39A on November 1 earliest, at 11:40 p.m. EDT. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.
