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

[FutureSpaceTourist]

[Rondaz]

#CRS25 L-3 forecast

7/14: 70% GO w/ concerns over cumulus clouds and flight through rain bv24hr delay: 70% GO w/ same concerns...

All risks low

https://twitter.com/baserunner0723/status/1546507911442079746

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Forecast attached.

[Rondaz]

Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, FL temporary restriction: From July 15, 2022 at 2343 UTC to To July 16, 2022 at 0046 UTC
Altitude: From the surface up to and including 18,000ft https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_2_0074.html Likely:CRS2 SpX-25 (https://rocketlaunch.live/launch/crs2-spx-25)

https://twitter.com/SpaceTfrs/status/1546546636687556609

[Rondaz]

LHA map for postponed #CRS-25 Dragon2 mission from LC-39A NET 15 Jul 00:44 UTC, altern.16 to 20 Jul based on issued NOTMAR/NOTAM. B1067.5 landing 300km downrange including partial boostback burn. Stage2 debris reentry south of Australia on the first orbit.

https://twitter.com/Raul74Cz/status/1546645663357739015

[Rondaz]

SpaceX CRS - 25 / July 14th launching #Shorts

[Ken the Bin]

L-2 weather forecast.  70% 'Go' for July 15 UTC.  60% 'Go' for July 16 (~00:18 UTC) and for July 16 (~23:56 UTC).  All Additional Risk Criteria are Low for all three days.

[Rondaz]

Departure! A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship is underway for the CRS-25 mission. Doug is towing ASOG ~300km downrange.

https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1546830482611924993

[Conexion Espacial]

Some images courtesy of NASA of the rollout of the Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft this morning.


More images through the following link: https://images.nasa.gov/album/SpaceX_CRS-25_Science

[Conexion Espacial]

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1546964097333436416

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spaceflightnow/status/1546969271078731777

A Falcon 9 rocket is now in place on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of Thursday's planned launch of a SpaceX Cargo Dragon bound for the International Space Station. Watch a live view of the launch pad: youtu.be/b6se10w-6Aw

[Rondaz]

[email protected]’s Falcon 9 rocket – with the Dragon spacecraft atop – was rolled out to the launch pad this morning in preparation for the 25th commercial resupply services mission.

Weather is 70% favorable for liftoff on Thursday, July 14 at 8:44pm ET:

https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy/status/1546951083217637376

[Rondaz]

Falcon 9 and cargo Dragon resupply mission CRS-25 roll out to pad 39A in preparation for launch Thursday to the ISS.

https://twitter.com/LaunchPhoto/status/1547046163018285056

[Rondaz]

CRS 25 rolled out to LC 39A at @NASAKennedy from where it will launch to the @Space_Station on a @SpaceX Falcon 9. On board are five CubeSats that make up the ELaNa 45 mission.

https://twitter.com/NASA_LSP/status/1547206512728236032

[Rondaz]

NASA to Host Climate Conversation Ahead of Next SpaceX Resupply Launch

Danielle Sempsrott Posted on July 13, 2022

SpaceX’s cargo Dragon spacecraft is set to deliver more than 5,800 pounds of science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station as part of the company’s 25th commercial resupply services mission. Included in that delivery is a new climate research investigation: the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation, or EMIT.

Developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, EMIT will use imaging spectroscopy technology to measure the mineral composition of dust in Earth’s arid regions to better understand what effects it has on the planet. NASA is planning to host a climate conversation that will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website at 2 p.m. EDT today, Wednesday, July 13, to discuss EMIT and some of the other climate-focused research that will be occurring aboard the orbiting laboratory.

Participants in the climate conversation include:

Kate Calvin, NASA chief scientist and climate advisor
Heidi Parris, associate scientist, International Space Station Program, NASA
Mike Roberts, chief scientist, ISS National Lab
Rob Green, JPL senior research scientist and EMIT principal investigator
Paula do Vale Pereira, BeaverCube, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A prelaunch media teleconference is planned for 8 p.m. EDT tonight, or approximately one hour after completion of the Launch Readiness Review. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:44 p.m. EDT tomorrow, Thursday, July 14. Let people know you’re following the mission on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram by using the hashtags #Dragon and #NASASocial. You can also stay connected by following and tagging these accounts:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacexcrs25/2022/07/13/nasa-to-host-climate-conversation-ahead-of-next-spacex-resupply-launch/

[Rondaz]

More than 5,800 pounds of cargo will soon head to @Space_Station on @SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft!

Seen here is a team preparing DynaMoS for liftoff. This experiment will study how microgravity affects metabolic interactions in communities of soil microbes:

https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy/status/1547206299628306437

[Rondaz]

Some great views of the SpaceX cargo Dragon capsule & Falcon 9 rocket that rolled out to LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the CRS-25 mission for NASA which is scheduled for a launch attempt NET 8:44 p.m. ET, Thursday, July 14.

https://twitter.com/AlteredJamie/status/1547226998124253185

[Rondaz]

Cargo Dragon is Go for Launch on Thursday

Mark Garcia Posted on July 13, 2022

The Expedition 67 crew members are training for this weekend’s arrival of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft to the International Space Station as it prepares for its launch on Thursday.

Mission managers have given the go for the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship as it counts down to a liftoff toward the space station at 8:44 p.m. EDT on Thursday. Dragon, attached to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and carrying 5,800 pounds of science experiments and crew supplies, rolled out to the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday. The U.S. commercial cargo craft will orbit Earth for a day-and-a-half before docking to the Harmony module’s forward port at 11:20 a.m. on Saturday. NASA TV, on the agency’s app and website, will begin its live launch coverage at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday.

NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines spent Wednesday afternoon reviewing procedures on a computer for Dragon’s automated rendezvous and docking to Harmony on Saturday. The two flight engineers were also joined by NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren staging cargo that will be returned inside Dragon at the end of its monthlong mission at the orbital lab.

The three astronauts, including ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti, also called down to Houston today to begin planning for their return to Earth later this year. The quartet arrived at the station on April 27 aboard the Dragon Freedom as part of the SpaceX Crew-4 commercial crew mission.

Two cosmonauts, Commander Oleg Artemyev and Flight Engineer Sergey Korsakov, took turns on Wednesday participating in a long-running study that explores ways to pilot a spacecraft or operate a robotic rover on future planetary missions. Flight Engineer Denis Matveev inspected and wiped down surfaces for microbes in the Zvezda service module.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/07/13/cargo-dragon-is-go-for-launch-on-thursday/

[Rondaz]

The Exp 67 crew is training for this weekend’s arrival of the @SpaceX #Dragon cargo craft as it prepares for launch at 8:44pm ET on Thursday.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1547263172288991232

[FutureSpaceTourist]