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CRS-22 Discussion thread. Second flight of the cargo variant of Dragon 2. Second SpaceX flight under the CRS-2 contract.

Launched successfully 3 June 2021 at 1:29pm EDT (1729 UTC) on Falcon 9 (booster 1067.1) from KSC LC-39A using Cargo Dragon C209-1. ASDS landing achieved on OCISLY, towed by tugboat Mr Jonah. Recovery support ship was GO Quest.

Autonomous docking to the ISS was at 5:09am (0909 UTC) on 5 June 2021.

Undocking was on 08 July at 10:45am ET (1445 UTC).

Dragon is expected to splash down Friday 09 July at approximately 11:29pm ET (10 July ~0329 UTC) in the Gulf of Mexico near Tallahassee, Florida.

NASA CRS-22 Mission Overview: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs-22_mision_overview_0.pdf

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SpaceX is targeting Thursday, June 3 for Falcon 9’s launch of the twenty-second Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-22). Liftoff is targeted for 1:29 p.m. EDT, or 17:29 UTC, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. A backup launch opportunity is available on Friday, June 4 at 1:03 p.m. EDT, or 17:03 UTC. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be located in the Atlantic Ocean. Dragon will separate from Falcon 9’s second stage about twelve minutes after liftoff and autonomously dock to the space station on Saturday, June 5.

NSF Threads for CRS-22 : Discussion
NSF articles for CRS-22 : https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/06/crs22-new-solar-arrays/

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
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Research:

NASA Glenn Research Center studies:
Combustion Integration Rack (CIR) Reconfiguration

Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP)
Mission 14B - 3 experiments

Mission 15A - 2 experiments

ISS National Lab: https://www.issnationallab.org/iss360/spacex-crs-22-mission-overview/

Multiple ESA experiments:
https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/european-science-on-the-spacex-cargo-dragon-22/

Cubesats

ELaNa 36
Mission: SpaceX 22 – Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, FL
1 CubeSat Mission scheduled to be deployed

RamSat - Oak Ridge Public Schools (Robertsville Middle School), Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/content/upcoming-elana-cubesat-launches

Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research (SOAR) - University of Manchester
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External cargo: ?

According t the last known FPIP:  iROSA

Here the link to the iROSA thread https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51528.msg2110444#msg2110444

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Maui-built bio lab prepares for second launch in 2021 Dated AUG 5, 2020

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A mobile space lab designed and largely fabricated in Central Maui successfully returned from orbit in April, and now the team of engineers and biologists are preparing for its second mission to continue conducting experiments on the International Space Station.

SCORPIO-V, the biological sciences division of HNu Photonics based in Kahului, has designed a tissue- and cell-culturing facility that can perform biology experiments in space without crew monitoring for as long as a month.

“The Mobile SpaceLab was able to successfully complete all on-orbit operations over a six-week span via HNu Photonics’ remote ground control center located in Kahului,” Dan O’Connell, the founder and owner of HNu, said in an email Tuesday afternoon.

Team members will look at how the environment in space might accelerate age-related declines in human neurons or brain cells.

O’Connell added that the multimillion-dollar Mobile SpaceLab was a “successful demonstration of the system’s on-orbit capabilities” and is now preparing for another launch into orbit early next year on SpX-22, a commercial resupply service mission to the International Space Station. The mission is contracted by NASA and will be flown by SpaceX using a cargo Dragon, which was also used in the first launch.

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Members of SCORPIO-V, a division of HNu Photonics based in Kahului, work on the Mobile SpaceLab-2, which is scheduled to launch in early 2021 on the SpX-22, a future resupply mission to the International Space Station. Photo courtesy of Dan O’Connell, Hnu Photonics
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Per NASA MRF list:

SpX-22 scheduled NET May 2021
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What is the "NASA MRF" list?

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I think MRF might be Meta Raster Format.

https://github.com/nasa-gibs/mrf
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What is the "NASA MRF" list?

Microgravity Research Flight

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Sorry, thought I already had the link embedded.

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Crosspost:
Just got this sent to me.

December SMSR schedule from NASA

December SMSR schedule shows 12 May 2021 from SLC-40.
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Does SpaceX Cargo Dragon CRS-22 with cargo truck need to use the SSRMS during delivery to the station the first set of 2 iROSA arrays?
If so Cargo Dragon CRS-22 should to dock to Harmony PMA-3 / IDA-3 as opposed to scheduled below ISS operations:

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May 13 - Dragon v2 (SpX-22) docking (to Harmony PMA 2 / IDA 2)

So then the planned relocation of the Crew Dragon Crew-2 will not be needed before the CRS-22 docking, and only before the arrival of the Starliner CFT scheduled for mid-June 2021.

Can anyone confirm this or knows how it is planned?
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Does SpaceX Cargo Dragon CRS-22 with cargo truck need to use the SSRMS during delivery to the station the first set of 2 iROSA arrays?
If so Cargo Dragon CRS-22 should to dock to Harmony PMA-3 / IDA-3 as opposed to scheduled below ISS operations:

Quote from: 'Salo'
May 13 - Dragon v2 (SpX-22) docking (to Harmony PMA 2 / IDA 2)

So then the planned relocation of the Crew Dragon Crew-2 will not be needed before the CRS-22 docking, and only before the arrival of the Starliner CFT scheduled for mid-June 2021.

Can anyone confirm this or knows how it is planned?

I would expect all of the Cargo Dragons to dock at the zenith port.  The exact placement of vehicles at various times will be affected by how the Boeing test flights (including OFT-2) end up interacting with the SpaceX flights.

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New launch target of 20 May 2021 per NASA January CoFR Matrix.

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Patch for this mission:

SpX-22, is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station planned to be launched in June 2021. The mission is contracted by NASA and will be flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon. This will be the second flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016.

http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum18/HTML/001647.html

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Patch for this mission:

SpX-22, is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station planned to be launched in June 2021. The mission is contracted by NASA and will be flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon. This will be the second flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016.

The previous post said the NET launch date was May 20.
Why was the thread title changed from “20 May, 2021” to “June 2021” without any comment on it?
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What kind of wastrels would dump a perfectly good booster in the ocean after just one use?

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The previous post said the NET launch date was May 20.
Why was the thread title changed from “20 May, 2021” to “June 2021” without any comment on it?

I think because of:
New dates from Glenn Research Center:

SpX-22 slips from May to June 2021
SpX-24 slips from November to December 2021
SpX-25 slips from March to April 2022

The new date for SpX-24 was already published some weeks ago.

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

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March 2 update:
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
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Early June • Falcon 9 • SpaceX CRS 22
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
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Now targeting June 3, with a Stage Operations Readiness Review (SORR) May 13.

Source: NASA February 2021 CoFR Matrix via 16 March 2021 SMSR schedule
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