Space-X Crew-2 Launch April 22
 

The next manned mission from KSC is currently scheduled for this Thursday morning at 6:11am eastern aboard a Space-X Dragon capsule. Crew to ISS.

NASA story: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...ents-broadcasts

Earl

Launch date/time has been revised by NASA to Friday morning at 5:49am eastern. Revised due to unfavorable weather conditions forecast for the original Thursday morning slot.

NASA press release link: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...-crew-2-mission


Earl

That works for me! I can watch it now.

Launched successfully this morning and now in orbit.

NASA press release link: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...l-space-station

Earl

Notable things about this mission:

First time two Crew Dragons are docked to the ISS at the same time
First manned flight on a reused Falcon 9 booster
First manned flight in a reused Crew Dragon
Megan McArthur is married to Bob Behnken who commanded the first Crew Dragon mission; she sat in the same seat Bob did


Bill

First manned launch in/on a reused anything that's not Shuttle related. :cool:

Crew successfully docked to the ISS this morning.

The prior crew will leave next week and are currently scheduled to splash down next Wednesday at 12:40pm eastern.

NASA press release link: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...return-to-earth


Earl

Looks like splashdown has moved to Saturday at 11:36 eastern. Seems like weather issues again in the landing zone(s).

Earl

Splashdown has been pushed out once again to Sunday morning at 2:57a.m. eastern.

Earl

Successful return of Crew-1 this morning under the cover of darkness.

It has a couple of noteworthy accomplishments.

First night time return/recovery since 1968 (not counting shuttle landings).

Longest ever mission for USA.
This seems wrong, because we've had astronauts stay longer than 6 months, but they arrived on one craft and departed on another. This is the longest single mission using the same spacecraft in history.

It's the first time we've launched and recovered four astronauts in a capsule style spacecraft.

The four astronauts broke the Skylab 4 record of 84 days for longest duration from a US launched spacecraft. I never noticed our long duration ISS stays were launched from Russia. I got this from a Washington Post article. With their track record, it may not be true.

This mission also recovered in the Gulf of Mexico. The landing was so accurate, one of the recovery ships shined its spotlights on the craft and chutes as it descended the last few hundred feet to splashdown.