Author Topic: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-4 : KSC LC-39A : 27 April 2022 (07:52 UTC) (Read 195877 times)

centaurinasa · « **Reply #360 on:** 04/27/2022 10:47 pm »

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1519447315483873281?cxt=HHwWgsCy5Y7SlJYqAAAA

centaurinasa · « **Reply #361 on:** 04/27/2022 10:47 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1519447572980674561?cxt=HHwWgsC9pY3hlJYqAAAA

Orbiter · « **Reply #362 on:** 04/27/2022 10:54 pm »

Some of my remote shots.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #363 on:** 04/27/2022 11:02 pm »

20 mn to waypoint-1...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #364 on:** 04/27/2022 11:04 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1519452894709309441?cxt=HHwWgoCzoe-Wl5YqAAAA

centaurinasa · « **Reply #365 on:** 04/27/2022 11:07 pm »

Sunrise.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #366 on:** 04/27/2022 11:11 pm »

About 10 mn to waypoint-1.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #367 on:** 04/27/2022 11:16 pm »

Rondaz · « **Reply #368 on:** 04/27/2022 11:16 pm »

Crew-4: NASA TV Coverage Continues, Dragon Ahead of Schedule for Docking

Heidi Lavelle Posted on April 27, 2022

NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website are providing live continuous coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission carrying NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on their way to the International Space Station.The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Freedom, is about 45 minutes ahead of the planned mission timeline. Docking to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module now is expected about 7:40 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 27.

Crew-4 astronauts launched to International Space Station at 3:52 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/04/27/crew-4-nasa-tv-coverage-continues-dragon-ahead-of-schedule-for-docking/

Rondaz · « **Reply #369 on:** 04/27/2022 11:19 pm »

#Crew4 is on track for the fastest Crew Dragon journey from launch to docking. Freedom will dock to the Station autonomously. Here's a helpful overview of rendezvous and docking. #MissionMinerva

https://twitter.com/esaspaceflight/status/1519455758525640705

centaurinasa · « **Reply #370 on:** 04/27/2022 11:22 pm »

Waypoint 1 arrival.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #371 on:** 04/27/2022 11:24 pm »

Tom Marshburn: "Station is ready for docking".

centaurinasa · « **Reply #372 on:** 04/27/2022 11:25 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1519457522557788160?cxt=HHwWgIDRtZ-kmZYqAAAA

centaurinasa · « **Reply #373 on:** 04/27/2022 11:29 pm »

MCCs...

centaurinasa · « **Reply #374 on:** 04/27/2022 11:32 pm »

Visors closed, go for docking.

centaurinasa · « **Reply #375 on:** 04/27/2022 11:38 pm »

Contact and (soft)capture at IDA-3 on zenit port of the Harmony module at 23.37 UTC ! !
(unfortunately no video at this time...)

centaurinasa · « **Reply #376 on:** 04/27/2022 11:40 pm »

Here the image !

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #377 on:** 04/27/2022 11:41 pm »

Quote from: centaurinasa on 04/27/2022 11:38 pm

(unfortunately no video at this time...)

Did anyone explain what happened to the video during the last minutes before contact?

centaurinasa · « **Reply #378 on:** 04/27/2022 11:43 pm »

Soft docking ring retraction complete.

Ghoti · « **Reply #379 on:** 04/27/2022 11:43 pm »

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 04/27/2022 11:41 pm

Quote from: centaurinasa on 04/27/2022 11:38 pm
(unfortunately no video at this time...)
Did anyone explain what happened to the video during the last minutes before contact?

The ever useless TDRS communication network was out of range as it seems always during interesting events.