Liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center is targeted for 3:52:55 a.m. EDT, roughly the moment Earth's rotation carries the rocket into the plane of the space station's orbit. Forecasters predicted a 90% chance of good weather.
to make sure no technical issues had cropped up that could affect downstream flights. As it turned out,"it was a very clean flight overall, really no major issues," said Steve Stich, manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
Crew-4 commander Kjell Lindgren, pilot Bob Hines, geologist-astronaut Jessica Watkins and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti plan to strap in atop the Falcon 9 just after 1 a.m. Wednesday to await blastoff.SpaceX "Getting to fly to space is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Lindgren said."And to get to do it again is surreal. I know a little bit what to expect during launch. But for me, getting to launch from here, from the Kennedy Space Center, from a historic launch pad with an incredible legacy of exploration, is very, very meaningful."
Another shot of the Crew-4 Falcon 9 rocket, poised for blastoff Wednesday to send four astronauts to the International Space Station.The 16-hour 22-minute rendezvous was timed to get the Crew Dragon to the station well before a planned Russian spacewalk Thursday. As it is, the SpaceX capsule will dock while the station's three cosmonauts are asleep.
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