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NASA Updates Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 Launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-6 mission, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is the sixth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 12:34 a.m. EST on March 2, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday, March 2, to launch the Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft will be from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.?
Live launch coverage will begin at 8:45 p.m., Wednesday, on NASA Television, the [NASA app](https://www.nasa.gov/connect/apps.html), and the agency’s website. Follow all events at:?
Mission teams stood down from a Feb. 27 launch attempt to review an unusual data signature related to the ignition fluid, known as triethylaluminum triethylboron (TEA-TEB), used to start the Falcon 9’s first stage kerosene and liquid oxygen Merlin engines. SpaceX removed propellant from the Falcon 9 rocket and the crew safely exited the Dragon spacecraft.?
After a thorough [review](https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-6/2023/03/01/nasa-spacex-move-forward-with-march-2-launch-to-space-station/) of the data and ground system, both NASA and SpaceX teams identified a clogged filter on the ground as the cause. SpaceX teams replaced the filter, purged the TEA-TEB line with nitrogen, and verified the lines are clean and ready for the next launch attempt early Thursday morning.?
The Crew-6 launch will carry two NASA astronauts, Mission Commander [Stephen Bowen](https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/stephen-g-bowen) and Pilot [Warren Hoburg](https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/warren-hoburg), along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who will serve as mission specialists for a space station science expedition.?
This is the sixth crew rotation mission using the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket to the orbiting laboratory as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. This Dragon is named Endeavour.?
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):?
Wednesday, March 1?
?8:45 p.m. – NASA TV launch coverage begins?
Thursday, March 2?
12:34 a.m. – Launch?
2:30 a.m. (approximately) – Postlaunch news conference on NASA TV with the following participants:?
Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy??
Dina Contella, operations integration manager, International Space Station Program, NASA’s Johnson Space Center?
Benji Reed, senior director, Human Spaceflight Program, SpaceX?
Salem AlMarri, director general, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre?
11:30 p.m. – NASA TV arrival coverage begins?for docking
Friday, March 3?
1:17 a.m. – Docking to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module?
2:55 a.m. – Hatch Opening?
3:40 a.m.– Welcome Ceremony?
NASA TV launch coverage?
NASA TV live coverage will begin at 8:45 p.m., Wednesday. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules, and links to streaming video, visit:?
Audio only of the news conferences and launch coverage will be carried on the NASA “V” circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240 or -7135. On launch day, “mission audio,” countdown activities without NASA TV launch commentary, will be carried on 321-867-7135.?
NASA website launch coverage?
Launch day coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission will be available on the agency’s [website](https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive). Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates beginning no earlier than 8:45 p.m., Wednesday, March 1, as the countdown milestones occur. On-demand streaming video and photos of the launch will be available shortly after liftoff. For questions about countdown coverage, contact the Kennedy newsroom at 321-867-2468. Follow countdown coverage on our launch blog at:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew?
Launch also will be available on local amateur VHF radio frequency 146.940 MHz and UHF radio frequency 444.925 MHz, FM mode, heard within Brevard County on the Space Coast.?
Attend launch virtually?
Watch, engage on social media?