SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-7 : KSC LC-39A : 26 August 2023 (07:27 UTC)

[Steven Pietrobon]

T-1 hour 15 minutes.

[Steven Pietrobon]

"Mvac fuel bleed has started."

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/_rykllan/status/1695297108071346560

Upcoming launch of #Crew7 mission to the #ISS via #SpaceX's #CrewDragon & #Falcon9 vehicles

Crew members:
@AstroJaws
@Astro_Andreas
@Astro_Satoshi
Konstantin Borisov

#Space #NASA #JAXA #Roscosmos #Роскосмос

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/commercial_crew/status/1695294572279038378

👀 The #Crew7 crew takes in a final pre-launch view of @SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft before  launching to the @Space_Station.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-7/2023/08/25/a-look-at-key-milestones-for-nasas-spacex-crew-7-mission/

A Look at Key Milestones for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Mission

Below are some key milestones for the Crew-7 mission. Launch is targeted for 3:27 a.m. EDT.

11:07 p.m. Crew weather brief
11:22 p.m. Crew handoff to SpaceX
11:27 p.m. Suit donning and checkouts
12:07 a.m. Crew walkout from Neil Armstrong Operations & Checkout Building
12:12 a.m. Crew transportation to Launch Complex 39A
12:32 a.m. Crew arrives at pad and ascends tower
12:52 a.m. Crew ingress
12:52 a.m. Communication check
12:58 a.m. Verify ready for seat rotation
12:59 a.m. Suit leak checks
1:37 a.m. Hatch close
1:17 a.m. Side hatch leak check
2:45 a.m. Crew access arm retracts
2:49 a.m. Dragon spacecraft launch escape system is armed
2:52 a.m. RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins; first stage liquid oxygen loading begins
3:10 a.m. Second stage liquid oxygen loading begins
3:16 a.m. SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch
3:27:00 a.m. Liftoff!
3:28 a.m. Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
3:29:28 a.m. First and second stages separate
3:29:53 a.m. Second stage engine starts
3:36:18 a.m. Second stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
3:36 a.m. First stage landing
3:39 a.m. Dragon separates from second stage
3:40 a.m. Dragon nosecone open sequence begins

Author Linda Herridge
Posted on August 25, 2023
Categories SpaceX Crew-7Tags SpaceX; Crew-7; Commercial Crew Program; CCP; Falcon 9; Dragon; Dragon; Dragon Spacecraft; Endurance; International Space Station; Launch Complex 39A; Kennedy Space Center; KSC

[Steven Pietrobon]

SpaceX coverage has started. NASA commentators.

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T-1 hour. Opening valves to equalise pressure.

[Steven Pietrobon]

"Go for Section 5."

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Our SpaceX commentators.

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"Crew 7 is go for launch."

SpaceX control room in Hawthorne.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T-55 minutes.

[Steven Pietrobon]

Successful static fire of B9 this morning.

[Steven Pietrobon]

Talking about Cypher experiment at ISS.

[Steven Pietrobon]

All systems looking good for launch.

T-45 minutes. LD should be giving go for launch.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T-43 minutes. Arm retracting should be starting about now.

[Steven Pietrobon]

Giving abort instructions.

[Steven Pietrobon]

Crew arm retraction has started.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1695326774283096336

Crew-7 is go for launch

[Steven Pietrobon]

Arm retraction is complete.

Go for Section. Close visors for arming of escape system.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T-39 minutes. Escape system is armed.