Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-9
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Launch Window
Sept. 28, 2024, 5:17 p.m. - Sept. 28, 2024, 5:17 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Sept. 28, 2024, 5:17 p.m. - Sept. 28, 2024, 5:17 p.m.
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.
Launch success.
Liftoff.
Updating launch weather.
Official Webcast by NASA has started
Tweaked T-0.
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.
See DetailsThe Falcon 9 first stage B1085 has landed back at the launch site after its 2nd flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.Crew Dragon spacecraft first used for Crew-4.
Crew Dragon 2 Details
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Birth: Sept. 24, 1975
Age: 49
Date of
Birth: May 24, 1990
Age: 34
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.
INFO WIKI
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