The teleconference, which NASA revealed Thursday afternoon (Feb. 3) comes as NASA and SpaceX are investigating parachute inflation delays throughout recent Dragon capsule landings. It will mark SpaceXs fifth crewed spaceflight for NASA and sixth total, consisting of the all-civilian Inspiration4 flight last September, which did not check out the area station.This still from NASAs Crew-2 landing webcast on Nov. 8, 2021 shows the delayed opening of one of 4 parachutes on SpaceXs returning Dragon capsule bring astronauts house from the International Space Station.” Finch stated NASA and SpaceX are working together to examine imagery from the CRS-24 splashdown, as well as the physical hardware from the spacecrafts parachute system.The 4 astronauts of SpaceXs Crew-4 objective for NASA are (from left): NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, objective expert; Robert Hines, pilot; Kjell Lindgren, leader; and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, mission professional.
NASA and SpaceX will hold press conference to offer an update on the firms next astronaut launch from Florida today (Feb. 4) and you can follow it live online. The teleconference, which NASA announced Thursday afternoon (Feb. 3) comes as NASA and SpaceX are investigating parachute inflation hold-ups throughout recent Dragon pill landings. It will begin at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT) and will play live in the audio feed above at start time. SpaceXs Crew-4 objective is presently set up to launch on April 15 to ferry 4 astronauts to the International Space Station. The crew consists of: NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, commander; Robert Hines, pilot; Jessica Watkins, objective professional; and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, mission specialist. It will mark SpaceXs fifth crewed spaceflight for NASA and 6th overall, including the all-civilian Inspiration4 flight last September, which did not check out the area station.This still from NASAs Crew-2 landing webcast on Nov. 8, 2021 reveals the delayed opening of one of four parachutes on SpaceXs returning Dragon pill bring astronauts home from the International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA TELEVISION) On Jan. 24, an uncrewed SpaceX CRS-24 freight ship experienced a postponed opening of one of its four main parachutes as it crashed off the Florida coast, according to SpaceNews. While the postponed opening did not prevent the pills splashdown – and eventually totally inflated – a similar occasion also happened on Nov. 8, when a Dragon spacecraft bring the Crew-2 astronauts for NASA splashed down. The crew landed safely, however one of their capsules 4 main parachutes opened about 75 seconds later than the others, SpaceNews reported. ” During the return of the SpaceX CRS-24 objective, teams observed a single main parachute that lagged throughout inflation like the return of the Crew-2 objective,” NASA representative Josh Finch told Space.com an email Wednesday (Feb. 2). “The vertical descent rate of both flights was within the system design margins at splashdown, and all four main parachutes completely opened prior to splashdown on both objectives.” Finch said NASA and SpaceX are collaborating to examine images from the CRS-24 splashdown, along with the physical hardware from the spacecrafts parachute system.The four astronauts of SpaceXs Crew-4 objective for NASA are (from left): NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, mission professional; Robert Hines, pilot; Kjell Lindgren, leader; and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, mission expert. (Image credit: NASA)” This review of flight data and parachute performance designs will be completed prior to the launch of the Crew-4 mission and the return of Crew-3 astronauts from the International Space Station,” Finch composed. “NASA and SpaceX are completing the parachute analysis as part of the basic postflight reviews performed at the end of each objective.” SpaceX is among 2 commercial companies with multi-billion-dollar agreements with NASA to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station. SpaceX uses its Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rockets. The other company is Boeing, which prepares to release astronauts on its own Starliner spacecraft and Atlas V rockets, but still requires to finish a 2nd uncrewed test flight later this year before its very first crewed flight. Email Tariq Malik at [email protected] or follow him @tariqjmalik. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Instagram..
