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Crew is walking down the Crew Access Arm.

Shane and Meghan have made final call.

Aki and Thomas making final call.
« Last Edit: 04/23/2021 07:02 am by RocketLover0119 »
"The Starship has landed"

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Crew preparing for ingress
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Crew seated, umbilicals being attached
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Shane and Megan Ingress
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Comms check successful
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Aki and Thomas ingress.
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Preparing for final comm checks, umbilical, ground station, TDRS, MD and LD.
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Formal comm check in progress.
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Into Comm Checks.

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Seat rotation complete to launch position
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Seats moving
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Interesting explanation earlier of changes to Crew Dragon. 10% increase in abort engine performance has doubled the ground wind speeds that they can safely launch in. Also Dragon now has a go around capability of ISS that enables the exterior of the ISS to be surveyed / inspected / photographed. I think they said this is the only vehicle currently able to do that.

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Hatch closing shortly
« Last Edit: 04/23/2021 07:39 am by RocketLover0119 »
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Preparing for hatch close
LD hatch closed, commencing leak checks
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Hatch closed!

Leak check in progress
« Last Edit: 04/23/2021 07:41 am by RocketLover0119 »
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Leak check successfully complete!
"The Starship has landed"

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https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1385499177233395712

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Dragon Endeavour's hatch has been closed. Really smooth closeout flow so far.
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Over on the loop, the weather is green and trending positively. No issues being worked on Falcon 9 and Dragon.
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And NSF's coverage now includes our camera at the launch with Thomas Burghardt (@TGMetsFan98)

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Under 100 minutes to launch.
"The Starship has landed"

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