The following industrial crew is on its option to space, and you’ll watch all of the motion stay.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon will ship 4 folks to the International Space Station (ISS), together with the primary Native American girl in space and the primary Russian cosmonaut to sit on a industrial spacecraft. Crew-5 is slated to carry off at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) on Wednesday (Oct. 5) and you’ll watch stay right here at Area.com, by way of NASA Tv, and obtain updates on the NASA web site, app and social media.
The spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Nicole Mann (a member of the Wailacki of the Spherical Valley Indian Tribes in northern California) and Josh Cassada, together with Japan Aerospace Exploration Company (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina.
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NASA Tv (and Area.com) will carry coverage (opens in new tab) of all of the pre-flight and flight occasions, starting from the launch readiness assessment consequence to launch actions to docking on the ISS. An inventory of the important thing occasions is under. Notice that a few of these instances could change attributable to operational necessities.
Monday, Oct. 3
7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT) — Prelaunch information teleconference at Kennedy Area Heart in Florida (no sooner than one hour after completion of the launch readiness assessment). The information convention will embody the next members:
Steve Stich, supervisor, Industrial Crew Program, Kennedy Area Heart
Joel Montalbano, supervisor, Worldwide Area Station, Johnson Area Heart
Emily Nelson, chief flight director, Johnson Area Heart
Kirt Costello, chief scientist, NASA’s Worldwide Area Station Program
Benji Reed, senior director, Human Spaceflight Applications, SpaceX
Junichi Sakai, supervisor, Worldwide Area Station, JAXA
Sergei Krikalev, govt director, Human Area Flight Applications, Roscosmos
Brian Cizek, launch climate officer, U.S. Area Drive forty fifth Climate Squadron
From left to proper: Japan Aerospace Exploration Company astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA’s Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, and cosmonaut Anna Kikina wave on Oct. 1, 2022, after arriving at NASA’s Kennedy Area Heart forward of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission launch. (Picture credit score: NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Wednesday, Oct. 5
8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT) — NASA TV launch protection begins.
12 p.m. EDT (1630 GMT) — Launch of Crew-5.
1:30 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT) — Submit-launch information convention on NASA TV with the next members:
Kathy Lueders, affiliate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Steve Stich, supervisor, Industrial Crew Program, Kennedy Area Heart
Joel Montalbano, supervisor, Worldwide Area Station, Johnson Area Heart
Benji Reed, senior director, Human Spaceflight Applications, SpaceX
Hiroshi Sasaki, vice chairman and director common, JAXA’s Human Spaceflight Expertise Directorate
Sergei Krikalev, govt director, Human Area Flight Applications, Roscosmos
Thursday, Oct. 6
4:57 p.m. EDT (2057 GMT) — Docking to the Worldwide Area Station
6:42 p.m. EDT (2242 GMT) — Hatch opening
8:15 p.m. EDT (0015 GMT Friday, Oct. 7) — Welcome ceremony
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