SpaceX F9/Dragon 2 : CRS2 SpX-25 : KSC LC-39A : 15 July 2022 (00:44 UTC)

[Jansen]

CRS-25 Discussion thread. Fifth flight of the cargo variant of Dragon 2. Fifth SpaceX flight under the CRS-2 contract.

Launch July 15 00:44 UTC (July 14 8:44 pm EDT), on the Falcon 9 booster 1067.5 from KSC LC-39A, using Cargo Dragon C208-3.  The first stage will land aboard ASDS A Shortfall of Gravitas.

NSF Threads for CRS-25 : Discussion
NSF articles for CRS-25 : TBA

NSF Articles for SpaceX CRS :  https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/?s=CRS%2BSpaceX
NSF Articles for CRS missions :  https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/?s=CRS


External cargo: ISS Roll Out Solar Array (iROSA) ( ISS advanced solar array upgrades (iROSA) Thread / Wikipedia article / EOportal article)


Other SpaceX resources on NASASpaceflight:
   SpaceX News Articles (Recent)  /   SpaceX News Articles from 2006 (Including numerous exclusive Elon interviews)
   SpaceX Dragon Articles  /  SpaceX Missions Section (with Launch Manifest and info on past and future missions)
   L2 SpaceX Section

[Jansen]

Research:

Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 16

SSEP Mission 16 to ISS includes an experiment design competition September 1 through November 3, 2021. Flight experiments are selected by December 16, 2021, for a ferry flight to ISS on a SpaceX rocket launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in late Spring 2022. All communities interested in participating in Mission 16 to ISS are directed to inquire no later than May 31, 2021.

http://ssep.ncesse.org/2021/03/new-flight-opportunity-for-school-districts-announcing-student-spaceflight-experiments-program-ssep-mission-16-to-the-international-space-station-starting-september-2021/

[Jansen]

This will be the second mission delivering iROSA panels.

[Jansen]

https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/iss-research/microgravity-research-flights/

May 2022

[SMS]

credits NASA and Cs:

http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum18/HTML/001721.html

[Steven Pietrobon]

Someone please update the first post to show the spacecraft is C208-3, as shown by the mission patch above.

[Joachim]

Here is the hi res version of the patch.

[zubenelgenubi]

SFN Launch Schedule, updated January 28:
Cargo Dragon SpX-25 launch date is May 1, 2022.

[scr00chy]

SFN Launch Schedule, updated January 28:
Cargo Dragon SpX-25 launch date is May 1, 2022.

This SFN article says May 21, though. I'm guessing one of them is a typo. Question is, which one?

SpaceX’s next cargo delivery to the space station, a mission known as SpaceX CRS-25, is scheduled for launch from Kennedy Space Center on May 21.

EDIT: I contacted Stephen Clark and he clarified that May 21 was a typo. May 1 is correct.

[Yiosie]

Cross-post: TUMnanoSAT is expected to launch on this mission.

<snip>

Tumnanosat will be launched on SpaceX Dragon:
https://www.ipn.md/en/tum-space-technology-center-present-first-nanosatellite-made-in-moldova-7967_1087948.html

PearlAfricaSat-1 -August 2022:
https://allafrica.com/stories/202112080186.html

You're right : Tumnanosat is scheduled on Dragon in May 2022.

See last line on the right screen on this video : https://www.privesc.eu/Arhiva/98263/Briefing-de-prezentare-a-Nanosatelitului--TUMnanoSAT---care-va-fi-implicat-in-misiuni-internationale-de-cercetare-spatiala--sustinut-de-Universitatea-

Another source:

https://tv8.md/2022/18/02/video-r-moldova-va-trimite-in-cosmos-propriul-satelit-creat-de-studentii-si-profesorii-de-la-utm/192899

Google translate:

The Republic of Moldova will send its own nanosatellite into space, created by students and professors from the Technical University. With its help, Moldovan researchers will be able to collect, for the first time, data on the level of radiation and the concentration of gases in space. Most likely, our satellite will reach the American orbit with the help of SpaceX, a company founded by the famous Elon Musk. This is expected to happen in early May.

[Conexion Espacial]

The launch of CRS-25 is delayed until June to allow for the OFT-2 mission.https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1498705660292255749

[zubenelgenubi]

SFN Launch Schedule update, March 25 (one of many):
Dragon SpX-25 launches on June 7, 2022 at 15:25 UTC (11:25 am EDT) from Kennedy LC-39A, with ASDS landing.


There is a gap, with no known LC-39A launches, between Crew-4 (April 19) and SpX-25.

The USSF-44 launch on Falcon Heavy from LC-39A apparently follows later in June.  (End of June?)

[gongora]

https://twitter.com/mit_starlab/status/1509535257946640399

We delivered BeaverCube to @Nanoracks yesterday, and now they will get it ready to launch on June 7th (SpaceX CRS-25)! Looking forward to taking pictures of the Northeast coast of the US and demonstrating the use of electrospray propulsion from @AccionSystems! So exciting!

[Rondaz]

FYI @mit_starlab #BeaverCube will introduce high school students to aerospace sci & tech via designing a 3U #Cubesat. It was selected in 2019 by @NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) to be launched as part of the ELaNa program.

https://twitter.com/Nanoracks/status/1509906787767627785

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post:

SpX-25

Launch 0703-EX-ST-2022 (Mission 1414, ASDS position North  32  4  20  West  75  34  42)
Dragon TT&C 0705-EX-ST-2022
Dragon command & recovery 0709-EX-ST-2022

[zubenelgenubi]

Next Spaceflight, updated April 23, lists the Falcon 9 first stage as 1067.5.

[zubenelgenubi]

Next Spaceflight, updated May 4?, adjusts the launch time to 15:15 UTC.  Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated May 4, concurs.

[Rondaz]

Media Accreditation Now Open for SpaceX’s 25th Cargo Launch to Station

Jason Costa Posted on May 5, 2022

Media accreditation is now open for SpaceX’s 25th cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the cargo Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket is targeted for 11:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 7, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment for the international crew, including a study of immune aging and potential for reversing those effects. It also will carry an investigation from a team of students at Stanford University that will test the process of creating biopolymer soil composite, a concrete alternative, in microgravity.

Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at Kennedy. International media must apply by Monday, May 9, and U.S. media must apply by Thursday, May 19. Media wishing to take part in person must apply for credentials at https://media.ksc.nasa.gov.

Other studies launching include an investigation looking at the behavior of sutures and wound healing in microgravity, as well as one studying how soil microorganisms function in space. Dragon’s external cargo “trunk” will carry the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) instrument and a Battery Charge/Discharge Unit as part of an investigation led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The EMIT instrument will be installed on the exterior of the space station to map mineral dust blown into the air on Earth to advance our understanding of dust’s effects throughout the Earth system and to human populations now and in the future.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacexcrs25/2022/05/05/media-accreditation-now-open-for-spacexs-25th-cargo-launch-to-station/

[zubenelgenubi: added bold for launch information]

[Rondaz]

@NASA and @SpaceX are targeting Tuesday, June 7, for the launch of the 25th cargo resupply mission to the @Space_Station!

https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy/status/1522329471189139462

[Rondaz]

On June 7, new science experiments, including a study of mineral dust on Earth and student investigations, are planned to lift off to the @Space_Station! Media accreditation for the launch is now open:

https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1524466512853184512