NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada will command and pilot Endurance respectively. They will ride in addition to Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos. The industrial crew quartet will dock to the forward port of the Harmony module 29 hours after launch to start their station mission.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the companys Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-5 objective, Sunday, October 2, 2022, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASAs SpaceX Crew-5 objective is the fifth team rotation objective of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the companys Commercial Crew Program. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
Members of the public can register to go to the launch virtually. The virtual guest program for this launch consists of curated launch resources, timely mission updates, and a virtual visitor passport stamp following a successful launch.
The launch broadcast will begin on NASA Television at 8:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 5, and be brought on the agencys website, as well as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Daily Motion, Theta.TV, and NASAs App.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the businesss Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-5 objective, Sunday, October 2, 2022, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
Currently, the seven-member Expedition 68 team onboard the orbiting lab is busy conducting innovative area research study to improve life for humans on and off the Earth.
After the Dragon Endurance docks to the orbiting laboratory with Crew-5, another four station team members will turn their attention to ending their mission and going back to Earth just over a week later on. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti have actually been residing on the station because April 27. They will assist their Crew-5 replacements get used to life on the station. The homebound astronauts will undock inside the SpaceX Dragon Freedom team ship and parachute to a splashdown off the coast of Florida.
NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio swapped glass fiber samples in the Microgravity Science Glovebox for the Intelligent Glass Optics space manufacturing examination. Station Commander Cristoforetti serviced samples inside the Electrostatic Levitation Furnace that supports high-temperature thermophysical research in area.
On Monday, the stations two cosmonauts, two-time station visitor Sergey Prokopyev and first-time space leaflet Dmitri Petelin, had their hands full keeping up with laboratory maintenance while continuing their station orientation activities. Prokopyev checked windows inside the Zvezda service module and then established Earth observation equipment. Petelin dealt with orbital pipes duties before restocking and inventorying station docking hardware.
The Launch Readiness Review for NASAs SpaceX Crew-5 mission is complete. Liftoff is targeted for twelve noon EDT on Wednesday, October 5, from Kennedy Space Centers Launch Complex 39A in Florida. 4 SpaceX Crew-5 team members arrived in Florida on Saturday ahead of their launch aboard the Dragon Endurance on Wednesday.
NASAs SpaceX Crew-5 objective is targeted to release from Kennedy at noon EDT Wednesday, October 5. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the businesss Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-5 mission, Sunday, October 2, 2022, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket bring the businesss Crew Dragon spacecraft is released on April 27, 2022, at 3:52 a.m. EDT on NASAs SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
The Launch Readiness Review for NASAs SpaceX Crew-5 mission is complete. Liftoff is targeted for midday EDT on Wednesday, October 5, from Kennedy Space Centers Launch Complex 39A in Florida. 4 SpaceX Crew-5 crew members arrived in Florida on Saturday ahead of their launch aboard the Dragon Endurance on Wednesday.
Crew-5 will carry two NASA astronauts– Mission Commander Nicole Aunapu Mann and Pilot Josh Cassada– together with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, who will function as mission specialists, to the International Space Station.
SpaceXs Dragon spacecraft, called Endurance, sits atop the businesss Falcon 9 rocket as the sun rises at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 3, 2022. NASAs SpaceX Crew-5 mission is targeted to launch from Kennedy at noon EDT Wednesday, October 5. Credit: SpaceX
The general public is invited to take part in virtual activities and events ahead of the launch of NASAs SpaceX Crew-5 objective. Liftoff is targeted for twelve noon EDT on Wednesday, October 5, from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.