Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/26/2022 06:23 pmMedia Briefing: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Flight Readiness Review (Sept. 26, 2022)https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZTFV23qfvpUJust got around to listening to it, and I was surprised by the relatively short mission duration of 145 days on station. 9:11:Quote from: Joel Montalbano, ISS Program ManagerThe crew will stay docked to the Space Station for about five months. Right now we're looking at about 145 days or so. The teams are working that and as we continue through the expedition we'll refine that date.For comparison:Crew-1: 165.9 days on station, 167.3 days mission durationCrew-2: 198.4 days on station, 199.7 days mission durationCrew-3: 174.2 days on station, 176.1 days mission durationCrew-4: ~166 days on station; ~168 days mission durationDo we know why the Crew-5 mission is planned to be so short?
Media Briefing: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Flight Readiness Review (Sept. 26, 2022)https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZTFV23qfvpU
The crew will stay docked to the Space Station for about five months. Right now we're looking at about 145 days or so. The teams are working that and as we continue through the expedition we'll refine that date.
Beyond that, Prokopyev will hand over the helm of the ISS to Steve Bowen for the Expedition 69a command. And Bowen, in his turn, will hand command over to Oleg Kononenko for Expedition 69b, continuing a general precedent of exchange between USOS and ROS station skippers.
Crew-5, SpaceX, and @NASA completed a full rehearsal of launch day activities
Quote from: Alexphysics tweetA pre-launch static fire test and dry dress rehearsal with the crew are on tap for tomorrow [October 2]. SpaceX and NASA officials will meet on Monday [October 3] to conduct a Launch Readiness Review and clear or not the vehicles and systems for launch.
A pre-launch static fire test and dry dress rehearsal with the crew are on tap for tomorrow [October 2]. SpaceX and NASA officials will meet on Monday [October 3] to conduct a Launch Readiness Review and clear or not the vehicles and systems for launch.
Today we had a launch rehearsal, put on spacesuits, moved from the astronaut quarters in the Kennedy Space Center to Launch Site 39A, boarded the Crew Dragon spacecraft, and checked the operation of the communication system and the airtightness of the spacesuits. I checked, etc. Preparations for the launch are going well.
Static Fire!Now for SpaceX to conduct a data review.
Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete ahead of the Crew-5 mission to the @space_station
This may have been discussed elsewhere up-thread where I missed it - if so, apologies. But does anyone know why SpaceX’s webcast for this mission is set to start this morning (3 October) at 9:15am Eastern (US) time? I’m staring at it now and it says “Live in 7 minutes.”
Quote from: Herb Schaltegger on 10/03/2022 01:08 pmThis may have been discussed elsewhere up-thread where I missed it - if so, apologies. But does anyone know why SpaceX’s webcast for this mission is set to start this morning (3 October) at 9:15am Eastern (US) time? I’m staring at it now and it says “Live in 7 minutes.” Before Hurricane Ian delayed it, Crew-5 was scheduled to launch today (October 3) at 16:46 UTC (12:46 EDT). I guess no one bothered to reschedule the webcast.
Quote from: Ken the Bin on 10/03/2022 01:26 pmQuote from: Herb Schaltegger on 10/03/2022 01:08 pmThis may have been discussed elsewhere up-thread where I missed it - if so, apologies. But does anyone know why SpaceX’s webcast for this mission is set to start this morning (3 October) at 9:15am Eastern (US) time? I’m staring at it now and it says “Live in 7 minutes.” Before Hurricane Ian delayed it, Crew-5 was scheduled to launch today (October 3) at 16:46 UTC (12:46 EDT). I guess no one bothered to reschedule the webcast.The thread title says Crew-5 mission is scheduled to launch at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) Wednesday, October 5th
All systems are looking good for launch of the Crew-5 mission on Wednesday, October 5 → https://www.spacex.com/launches/crew-5/
