Planned for next Thursday April 22. It will be live streamed multiple places, not least nasa-live.
This will be a the first time that a new crew rides in a used Crew Dragon. This capsule was Bob and Doug's Demo-2 ride. It came back all toasty but it's been repainted. Booster will also be the first time that crew rides on a used booster, in this case B 1061.2, the booster that lofted Crew-1. We can all remember when nasa was refusing to fly astronauts in used capsules or on used rockets and when they relented. But this will be the first time it actually happens.
There will be four crew members, one Japanese JAXA astronaut, one European ESA astronaut (from France), and two US astronauts. The Americans are a man and a woman, the woman being Bob Behnken's wife Megan. Bob has Crew Dragon experience as half of 'Bob and Doug' and he probably clued her in on the capsule's peculiarities.
https://www.nasa.gov/subject/19027/crew2/
They just concluded the Flight Readiness Review and found no issues with the Dragon. There was a slight issue regarding LOX loading on the Falcon, but it was minor. So they decided to "take an exception" in the FRR, but will be working the issue tomorrow.
https://twitter.com/TylerG1998/status/13...5448415235
This will be a the first time that a new crew rides in a used Crew Dragon. This capsule was Bob and Doug's Demo-2 ride. It came back all toasty but it's been repainted. Booster will also be the first time that crew rides on a used booster, in this case B 1061.2, the booster that lofted Crew-1. We can all remember when nasa was refusing to fly astronauts in used capsules or on used rockets and when they relented. But this will be the first time it actually happens.
There will be four crew members, one Japanese JAXA astronaut, one European ESA astronaut (from France), and two US astronauts. The Americans are a man and a woman, the woman being Bob Behnken's wife Megan. Bob has Crew Dragon experience as half of 'Bob and Doug' and he probably clued her in on the capsule's peculiarities.
https://www.nasa.gov/subject/19027/crew2/
They just concluded the Flight Readiness Review and found no issues with the Dragon. There was a slight issue regarding LOX loading on the Falcon, but it was minor. So they decided to "take an exception" in the FRR, but will be working the issue tomorrow.
https://twitter.com/TylerG1998/status/13...5448415235