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Weather Forecast During Launch


According to weather officials, there’s a 70% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch.

Crew


Nick Hague

Nick Hague

  • Birthday: 09/24/1975
  • Role: Commander
  • Nationality: American
  • First Flight: 10/11/2018
  • Last Flight: 09/28/2024

Tyler Nicklaus Hague is an American Flight Test Engineer and a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013.
Selected to be a flight engineer of Expedition 57 / 58 to the International Space Station, he launched on board Soyuz MS-10, which aborted shortly after launch on October 11, 2018.

Aleksandr Gorbunov

Aleksandr Gorbunov

  • Birthday: 05/24/1990
  • Role: Mission Specialist
  • Nationality: Russian
  • First Flight: 09/28/2024
  • Last Flight: 09/28/2024

Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he studied engineering with qualifications in spacecraft and upper stages from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov graduated from the military department with a specialty in operation and repair of aircraft, helicopters, and aircraft engines. Before being selected as a cosmonaut in 2018, he worked as an engineer for Rocket Space Corporation Energia and supported cargo spacecraft launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

Mission


Crew-9

  • Type: Human Exploration
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
  • Launch Cost: $52,000,000

SpaceX Crew-9 is the ninth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew-9

Location


Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 40 has witnessed the launch of 271 rockets, including 271 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 985 rocket launches.

Space Launch Complex 40

Rocket


SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Falcon 9 Block 5

Landing


Core B1085

Booster B1085 last launched 11/07/2024 and has seen 3 successful launches and landings. Booster to be flown during the Crew-9 mission.

Landing Zone 1 – LZ-1

LZ-1 Pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at the previous LC-13

Return to Launch Site – RTLS

A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from.

Agency


SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O'Neill
10 months ago

Next stop IIS.

Zac.c
Zac.c
1 month ago

Happy that space x has got Boeing’s back

Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O' Neill
1 month ago

Lets ride this one SpaceX……..

DP Smith
DP Smith
1 month ago

I’m sure this has been discussed but I have not heard it so I am asking is it possible to bring the two astronauts at the space station home and this spacecraft?

Rocket Monkey
Rocket Monkey
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Reply to  DP Smith
1 month ago

That is the plan.

Jason Kobe
Jason Kobe
1 month ago

I have never seen a launch up close. Where would be a good place to watch? I will be driving up from southern FL.

Rocket Monkey
Rocket Monkey
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Reply to  Jason Kobe
1 month ago
Space Monkey
Space Monkey
Reply to  Jason Kobe
1 month ago

Best places – Port Canaveral The beach near Port Canaveral and/or Cocoa Beach pier The shoulders of the road by the bridge on State Road 528 Titusville – near the intersection of State Road 50 and US 1. Anywhere along that stretch of road. And near the bridges. There will… Read more »

B.K. Tse
B.K. Tse
19 days ago

.re: astronaut spacesuits;
.inq: they do appear substantial, compared to spacewalk ones; was that why the recently returned ISS crew were hospitalized? this has been the impression at the onset even of Blue Origin flights;