12:00 am EDT (04:00 UTC) Live continuous coverage begins.
3:52 am EDT (07:52 UTC) Launch scheduled.
8:15 pm EDT (00:15 UTC on 28th) Docking scheduled.
9:45 pm EDT (01:45 UTC on 28th) Hatch opening scheduled.
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Destination: ISS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its seventh flight with astronauts. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft to begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from Apr 23 due to weather.
CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT:
Crew Capacity: Up to 7 (4 in NASA configuration)
Diameter: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 8.1 m (27 ft) (with trunk)
Pressurized volume: 9.3 m³ (330 cu ft)
Dry mass: 9,525 kg (20,999 lb)
Design life: 10 days (free flight), 210 days (docked to ISS)
Launch Escape System: 4 pairs of 2 SuperDraco engines (8 total)
SuperDraco thrust, ea. (sea level): 71,000 newtons (16,000 lbf)
SuperDraco specific impulse (sea level): 235 s (2.30 km/s)
SuperDraco burn time: 25 seconds
SuperDraco fuel: Nitrogen tetroxide (NTO) / monomethylhydrazine (MMH) [hypergolic liquids]
Reaction Control System (RCS): 4 sets of 4 Draco engines (16 total)
Draco thrust, ea. (vacuum): 400 N (90 lbf)
Dracon specific impulse (vacuum): 300 s (2.9 km/s)
Draco fuel: (same as SuperDraco)
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