Editor’s observe: This liberate was once up to date on Nov. 1, to replicate a transformation within the docking time for NASA’s SpaceX CRS-29 challenge.
NASA and SpaceX are focused on 9:16 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 7, to release the corporate’s twenty ninth business resupply products and services challenge to the Global Area Station from Release Advanced 39A on the company’s Kennedy Area Heart in Florida.
Are living release protection will air on NASA Tv, the NASA app, YouTube, and at the company’s website online, with prelaunch occasions beginning Monday, Nov. 6. Learn to movement NASA TV via a number of platforms.
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will ship new science investigations, meals, provides, and kit to the world group, together with NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment), which research atmospheric gravity waves to know the float of power via Earth’s higher setting and house.
The spacecraft additionally will ship NASA’s ILLUMA-T (Built-in Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low-Earth-Orbit Consumer Modem and Amplifier Terminal), which objectives to check top knowledge price laser communications from the gap station to Earth by means of the company’s LCRD (Laser Communications Relay Demonstration). In combination, ILLUMA-T and LCRD will entire NASA’s first two-way, end-to-end laser communications relay machine.
Arrival to the station is deliberate for 12:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 9. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will dock autonomously to the forward-facing port of the station’s Solidarity module.
The spacecraft is anticipated to spend a couple of month hooked up to the orbital outpost sooner than it returns to Earth with analysis and go back shipment, splashing down off the coast of Florida.
The time limit has handed for media accreditation for in-person protection of this release. The company’s media accreditation coverage is to be had on-line. Extra details about media accreditation is to be had by means of emailing: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov.
Complete protection of this challenge is as follows (all occasions Jap and matter to switch in response to operations) Apply the Global Area Station weblog for updates.
Monday, Nov. 6
7:30 p.m. – Prelaunch media teleconference (no previous than one hour after of completion of the Release Readiness Assessment) with the next contributors:
Dana Weigel, deputy program supervisor, Global Area Station Program
Meghan Everett, deputy leader scientist, Global Area Station Program Analysis Place of business
Sarah Walker, director, Dragon challenge control, SpaceX
Melody Lovin, release climate officer, Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station’s forty fifth Climate Squadron
Media might ask questions all over the media teleconference by means of telephone best. For the dial-in quantity and passcode, please touch the Kennedy newsroom no later than 5 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 6, at: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov
Tuesday, Nov. 7
8:45 p.m. – NASA TV release remark starts
9:16 p.m. – Release
Thursday, Nov. 9
10:30 a.m. – NASA TV protection starts for Dragon docking to the gap station
12:15 p.m. – Docking
Protection is matter to switch in response to real-time operational actions. Apply the Global Area Station weblog for updates.
NASA Tv release protection
Are living protection of the release on NASA Tv will start at 8:45 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 7. For downlink data, schedules, and hyperlinks to streaming video, seek advice from:
Audio best of the scoop meetings and release protection will likely be carried at the NASA “V” circuits, that may be accessed by means of dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, or -7135. On release day, the entire challenge broadcast can also be heard on -1220 and -1240, whilst the countdown internet best can also be heard on -7135 starting roughly one hour sooner than the challenge broadcast starts.
On release day, are living protection of the release with out NASA Tv remark will likely be carried at the NASA Tv media channel.
NASA website online release protection
Release day protection of the challenge will likely be to be had at the NASA website online. Protection will come with are living streaming and weblog updates starting no previous than 8:45 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 7, because the countdown milestones happen. On-demand streaming video and pictures of the release will likely be to be had in a while after liftoff. For questions on countdown protection, touch the NASA Kennedy newsroom at 321-867-2468. Apply countdown protection on our release weblog for updates.
Attend release nearly
Individuals of the general public can check in to wait this release nearly. Registrants will obtain challenge updates and actions by means of e-mail. NASA’s digital visitor program for this challenge additionally contains curated release assets, notifications about similar alternatives, and a digital visitor passport stamp following a a success release.
Watch, interact on social media
Let folks know you’re following the challenge on X, Fb, and Instagram by means of the usage of the hashtags #Dragon and #CRS29. You’ll additionally keep attached by means of following and tagging those accounts:
X: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @NASASocial, @Space_Station, ISS_Research, @ISS Nationwide Lab
Fb: NASA, NASAKennedy, ISS, ISS Nationwide Lab
Instagram: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @ISS, @ISSNationalLab
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo o Messod Bendayan a: antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov o messod.c.bendayan@nasa.gov.
Be told extra about NASA’s SpaceX business resupply products and services missions at:
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Julian Coltre / Joshua Finch
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
julian.n.coltre@nasa.gov / joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov
Stephanie Plucinsky / Steven Siceloff
Kennedy Area Heart, Florida
321-876-2468
stephanie.n.plucinsky@nasa.gov / steven.p.siceloff@nasa.gov
Sandra Jones
Johnson Area Heart, Houston
281-483-5111
sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov
