User:Rafaelmanman/sandbox/SpaceX Crew-4 mission table
Mission
[edit]The planned mission duration is around six months.[1] The European part of the mission is called Minerva,[2] named after the Roman goddess of wisdom,[3] and it is European astronaut Cristoforetti's second mission to the ISS.
Timeline
[edit]| MET | Time | Date (UTC) |
Event[4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDT | UTC | |||
| −HH:MM:SS | 10:22:55 PM | 02:22:55 | 27 April 2022 |
Chief engineer launch readiness briefing |
| −HH:MM:SS | 0:19:02 AM | 04:19:02 | CE launch readiness briefing | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 0:49:02 AM | 04:49:02 | Launch shift on console | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 0:49:03 AM | 04:49:03 | Dragon IMU align and configure for launch. | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 1:19:02 AM | 04:19:02 | Dragon propellant pressurization | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 1:29:02 AM | 04:29:02 | Crew weather brief | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 1:39:02 AM | 05:39:02 | Crew handoff | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 1:49:02 AM | 05:49:02 | Suit donning and checkouts | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 2:29:02 AM | 05:29:02 | Crew walk out of Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 2:34:02 AM | 05:34:02 | Crew transportation to Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) by Tesla Model X with "RECYCLE" license plate | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 2:54:02 AM | 06:54:02 | Crew arrives at pad | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 3:14:02 AM | 07:14:02 | Crew ingress | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 3:29:02 AM | 07:29:02 | Communication check | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 3:34:02 AM | 07:34:02 | Verify ready for seat rotation | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 3:35:02 AM | 07:35:02 | Suit leak checks | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 3:54:02 AM | 07:54:02 | Hatch close | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 4:39:02 AM | 08:39:02 | ISS state upload to Dragon | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:04:02 AM | 09:04:02 | SpaceX launch director verifies go for propellant load | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:07:02 AM | 09:07:02 | Crew access arm retracts | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:11:02 AM | 09:11:02 | Dragon launch escape system is armed. | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:14:02 AM | 09:14:02 | RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins; 1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins. | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:33:02 AM | 09:33:02 | 2nd stage LOX loading begins. | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:42:02 AM | 09:42:02 | Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch. | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:44:02 AM | 09:44:02 | Dragon transitions to internal power | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:48:02 AM | 09:48:02 | Command flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks; propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins. | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:48:17 AM | 09:48:17 | SpaceX launch director verifies go for launch. | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:48:59 AM | 09:48:59 | Engine controller commands Merlin engine ignition sequence to start. | |
| 00:00:00 | 5:49:02 AM | 09:49:02 | Liftoff | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:50:04 AM | 09:50:04 | Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the launch vehicle) | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:51:38 AM | 09:51:38 | 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO) | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:51:41 AM | 09:51:41 | 1st and 2nd stages separate | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:51:49 AM | 09:51:49 | 2nd stage engine starts | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:56:29 AM | 09:56:29 | 1st stage entry burn | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:57:49 AM | 09:57:49 | 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1) | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:58:05 AM | 09:58:05 | 1st stage landing burn | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 5:58:32 AM | 09:58:32 | 1st stage landing | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 6:01:00 AM | 10:01:00 | Crew Dragon separates from 2nd stage | |
| −HH:MM:SS | 6:02:04 AM | 10:02:04 | Dragon nosecone open sequence begins | |
| +1/ | 3:31 AM | 07:31 | 24 April 2021 |
Dragon starts the final phase of the approach to the ISS.[5] |
| +1/03:33 | 05:08 AM | 09:08 | Soft capture to the ISS.[6] | |
| +1/03:33 | 05:20 AM | 09:20 | Dragon docked to the ISS.[7] | |
| +1/05:34 | 7:15 AM | 11:15 | Hatch opened.[8] | |
References
[edit]- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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esaMinervawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ European Space Agency (3 March 2022). "Minerva patch explained". European Space Agency. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
Inspired by the Roman goddess of wisdom, the handicrafts and the arts, the name Minerva is a homage to the competence and sophisticated craftmanship of the men and women all over the world who make human spaceflight possible.
- ^ "Mission Timeline for Launch Thursday, April 23 at 5:49:02 EST". Spaceflight Now.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Garcia, Mark (April 24, 2021). "NASA TV Covers SpaceX Crew-2 Docking to Station Today". blogs.nasa. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour docks with ISS". france24.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ Cawley, James (April 24, 2021). "Crew Dragon Docks to Station, Hatches Open Soon". blogs.nasa. Retrieved December 13, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Cawley, James (November 17, 2020). "Hatches Open, Crew Dragon Astronauts Join Expedition 64". blogs.nasa. Retrieved December 13, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
