NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts walk out of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida on February 26, 2023. In front, from left are NASA astronaut Warren “Woody” Hoburg, pilot; and NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, spacecraft leader.
Weather condition authorities with Cape Canaveral Space Force Stations 45th Weather Squadron continue to predict a 95% possibility of beneficial weather conditions for Crew-6 launch, with the flight through precipitation rule serving as the main weather concern. Conditions along the Dragon ascent corridor are within appropriate limits, however will stay a watch product for Thursdays effort.
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, mission leader, and Warren Hoburg, pilot, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who sign up with as objective experts, will take a trip to the spaceport station for a science exploration objective. The global team will fly aboard the Dragon spacecraft named Endeavour, which formerly flew NASAs SpaceX Demo-2, NASAs SpaceX Crew-2, and Axiom Mission 1 astronauts.
After an approximate 24.5-hour transit, the crew will dock to the space-facing port of the microgravity labs Harmony module at about 1:17 a.m. on Friday, March 3. Hatch opening is targeted for roughly 3:27 a.m., followed by the welcome ceremony at about 3:40 a.m. Arrival protection on NASA TV and the companys website starts on Thursday, March 2, at 11:30 p.m.
Starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, tune in to a Crew-6 live launch broadcast on NASA television or the companys website and follow along through countdown and other key objective turning points.
The rocket sits prepared on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-6 mission. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev are arranged to release at 12:34 a.m. EST on Thursday, March 2, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space.
NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 mission is Go for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) following the conclusion of a launch readiness review, weather rundown, and objective management conference today (February 28). Introduce on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida is now targeted at 12:34 a.m. EST on Thursday, March 2.
Objective groups stood down from a February 27 launch attempt to evaluate an uncommon data signature related to confirming an appropriate bleed in of pad provided fluid understood as triethylaluminum triethylboron (TEA-TEB). TEA-TEB is an ignition fluid used to begin the Falcon 9s 9 first stage kerosene/liquid oxygen Merlin engines. During prelaunch, the TEA-TEB fluid– which originates in a ground supply tank– flows to the rockets interface and back to a catch tank to remove gas from the ground pipes.
After a thorough evaluation of the data and ground system, NASA and SpaceX identified there was a reduced flow back to the ground TEA-TEB catch tank due to a clogged up ground filter. This clogged filter fully-explained the signature observed on the launch attempt. SpaceX teams changed the filter, purged the TEA-TEB line with nitrogen, and validated the lines are tidy and all set for launch.
The rocket sits prepared on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-6 mission. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev are set up to release at 12:34 a.m. EST on Thursday, March 2, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space. Mission teams stood down from a February 27 launch attempt to review an unusual information signature related to confirming a proper bleed in of pad supplied fluid known as triethylaluminum triethylboron (TEA-TEB). SpaceX groups changed the filter, purged the TEA-TEB line with nitrogen, and verified the lines are prepared and clean for launch.