A Look at Key Milestones for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Mission
Below are some key milestones for the Crew-7 mission. Launch is targeted for 3:27 a.m. EDT.
- 11:07 p.m. Crew weather brief
- 11:22 p.m. Crew handoff to SpaceX
- 11:27 p.m. Suit donning and checkouts
- 12:07 a.m. Crew walkout from Neil Armstrong Operations & Checkout Building
- 12:12 a.m. Crew transportation to Launch Complex 39A
- 12:32 a.m. Crew arrives at pad and ascends tower
- 12:52 a.m. Crew ingress
- 12:52 a.m. Communication check
- 12:58 a.m. Verify ready for seat rotation
- 12:59 a.m. Suit leak checks
- 1:37 a.m. Hatch close
- 1:17 a.m. Side hatch leak check
- 2:45 a.m. Crew access arm retracts
- 2:49 a.m. Dragon spacecraft launch escape system is armed
- 2:52 a.m. RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins; first stage liquid oxygen loading begins
- 3:10 a.m. Second stage liquid oxygen loading begins
- 3:16 a.m. SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch
- 3:27:00 a.m. Liftoff!
- 3:28 a.m. Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
- 3:29:28 a.m. First and second stages separate
- 3:29:53 a.m. Second stage engine starts
- 3:36:18 a.m. Second stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
- 3:36 a.m. First stage landing
- 3:39 a.m. Dragon separates from second stage
- 3:40 a.m. Dragon nosecone open sequence begins
