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    NASA, SpaceX Move Forward with March 2 Launch to Space Station

      NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is ‘Go’ for launch to the International Space Station following completion of a launch readiness review, weather briefing, and mission management meeting on Feb. 28. Launch is targeted at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday, March 2, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A from NASA’s …

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    NASA, SpaceX Eying Thursday for Crew-6 Launch

    The flight crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station is targeted to launch no earlier than 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday, March 2, from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft will be from Launch Complex 39A. Mission management teams are meeting late Tuesday to review launch …

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    Light-Duty Day on Station Ahead of Crew-6 Launch

    The four SpaceX Crew-6 members (from left) Andrey Fedyaev, Stephen Bowen, Warren "Woody" Hoburg, and Sultan Alneyadi, pose for a portrait at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

    Four Expedition 68 astronauts took the afternoon off on Tuesday at the International Space Station while three cosmonauts focused on cargo transfers and lab maintenance. Meanwhile, the SpaceX Crew-6 mission is counting down to its launch at 12:34 a.m. EST on Thursday. NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio handled the orbital plumbing duties inside the Tranquility module. Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of JAXA (Japan …

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    Station Crew Continues Preps for Crew-6 After Launch Delay

    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Endeavour atop is pictured during a sunset at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

    The seven-member Expedition 68 crew will wait a few more days for the arrival of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission. Meanwhile, the International Space Station residents began the work week with a variety of research activities, lab maintenance, and cargo operations. The space station’s four astronauts and three cosmonauts will soon welcome four SpaceX Crew-6 members …

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    NASA, SpaceX Look to March 2 for Next Available Crew-6 Launch Attempt

    NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 rocket and spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center

    NASA and SpaceX scrubbed Monday’s launch attempt of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station due to a ground systems issue. Mission teams decided to stand down to investigate an issue preventing data from confirming a full load of the ignition source for the Falcon 9 first stage Merlin engines, triethylaluminum triethylboron (or …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Launch Scrubbed

    NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 rocket and spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center

    Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida to the International Space Station has been scrubbed. More information is coming soon.

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    Crew-6 Remains on Schedule, Launch Now 20 Minutes Away

    NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission

    Fuel loading is complete on the second stage, and liquid oxygen loading has begun. Everything remains on target for the 1:45 a.m. EST launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida. Weather conditions remain extremely favorable. Tune in to NASA TV or the agency’s website for a live broadcast. …

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    Propellant and Liquid Oxygen Loading Underway

    Right on schedule – at T-minus 35 minutes – RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading and first stage liquid oxygen loading has begun. Liftoff, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is at 1:45 a.m. EST. Tune in to NASA TV or the agency’s website for a live broadcast.

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    Dragon Endeavour Spacecraft Launch Escape System Armed

    A close-up view of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft as it prepares to roll horizontally to the launch pad.

    The launch escape system for the Dragon spacecraft Endeavour is now armed. From liftoff until they reach orbit – roughly 12 minutes – the crew would be able to escape safely in the unlikely event of an emergency. Crew-6 will carry two NASA astronauts – Mission Commander Stephen Bowen and Pilot Warren “Woody” Hoburg – along …

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