NASA SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts take part in a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left to right: NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 mission specialist Jessica Watkins; NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Robert Bob Hines; NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 commander Kel Lindgren; and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Crew-4 specialist Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy. Credit: NASA
The flight readiness review for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station has been completed and teams are continuing to take off at 5:26 a.m. EDT on Saturday, April 23, from the Kennedy Space Center launch complex 39A in Florida. The date adjustment provides time for mission teams to complete the finalization of the Crew-4 mission after the launch of Axiom Mission 1 on April 8 at the space station.
Steve Stitch, Manager, Commercial Crew Program at the Kennedy Space Center, participated in a flight readiness review for the SpaceX Crew-4 mission at the Florida Spaceport on April 15, 2022. International partners also participated. The heads of NASA and SpaceX missions held the FRR to confirm that the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon spacecraft were ready to be launched. Crew-4 is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from the Kennedy 39A launch complex on April 23, 2022, as part of NASA’s commercial crew program. The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon spacecraft is scheduled for 5:26 a.m. EDT. Credit: NASA / Kim Shiflet
Mission teams continue to monitor operational schedules with ongoing space station activities, including upcoming spacewalks and the return of Ax-1 crew members. The weather forecast remains a monitoring element to ensure the safe recovery and launch of operations for the crew missions. The Crew-4 date also provides three consecutive backup boot options on Sunday, April 24, and Monday, April 25.
Cathy Luders, Associate Administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, participated in a review of the readiness of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 15, 2022. Credit: NASA
The agency’s flight readiness review took place on Friday, April 15, in Kennedy. The review focuses on the readiness of the SpaceX crew transport system, the International Space Station and its international flight support partners, as well as flight readiness certification.
The Crew-4 flight will take NASA astronauts Kel Lindgren, mission commander, Robert Hines, pilot, and Jessica Watkins, mission specialist and ESA astronaut Samantha Christophoretti, who will serve as a mission specialist, to the mission’s space station. scientific expedition. The astronauts will fly a new Crew Dragon spacecraft called Freedom on a proven Falcon 9 rocket.
Crew-3 astronauts will land off the coast of Florida after a short broadcast with Crew-4 on the space station.
arrived at the Kennedy Space Center launch complex 39A after traveling from the SpaceX processing facility at the nearby Cape Canaveral Space Forces station in Florida. Once the Dragon connects to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the launch vehicle will roll to the site and be raised to a vertical launch position.
In this illustration, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking. Credit: NASA / SpaceX
Before returning to Earth in the fall of 2022, the crew will spend several months conducting research and maintenance aboard the orbital laboratory.
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