The Dragon spacecraft has separated from the Falcon 9’s second stage and is flying on its own. The spacecraft is traveling at approximately 17,500 miles per hour (28,200 kilometers per hour). In less than a minute, the Dragon crew spacecraft nosecone open sequence will begin.
After about nine minutes of flight, the Falcon 9’s second stage has shut down and the Dragon crew spacecraft now is in orbit, where it will soon separate from Falcon 9's upper stage and continue its journey to the International Space Station. Momentarily, the rocket’s first stage will attempt to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Back on Earth, the first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has completed its descent and landed at the company’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Falcon 9 rocket has reached first stage main engine cutoff, or MECO, and the first and second stages have separated. Next, the Falcon 9’s second stage engine will start.
Max Q, or the moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket, has been reached.
In the next minute, the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage will separate from the second stage to attempt a landing at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon crew spacecraft rocketed into the blue Florida sky, as NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, started their approximately 15-hour journey to the International Space Station on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission. Liftoff occurred at 11:43 a.m. […]
Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon crew spacecraft with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, is now just five minutes away. We’ve entered terminal count and everything is proceeding on schedule. Launch teams continue to watch the weather […]
Fuel loading is complete on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage, and liquid oxygen loading has begun. Everything remains on target for the 11:43 a.m. EDT scheduled launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Dragon crew spacecraft is “go” for launch for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission. Fueling of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has begun, with rocket grade kerosene loading and first stage liquid oxygen loading underway. A few minutes from now, fueling will begin for the second stage. Launch weather officers with the U.S. Space Force 45th […]
The crew access arm has retracted, and the Dragon spacecraft’s launch escape system will be armed momentarily. This will allow NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew members to escape safely in the unlikely event of an anomaly from the moment the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off until the time they reach orbit – a timespan of […]
