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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Crew-2 Docking Discussion & Updates Thread!

Hi dear people of the subreddit! The host team here as usual to bring you live updates during SpaceX's second operational crewed mission to the ISS. This time Crew Dragon is going to carry four astronauts including two international astronauts to space. We hope you all excited about this mission just like us! 🚀

Docking Sequence

Planned Time	Event	Status
2:10 a.m. EDT (06:10 UTC)	Crew Dragon range 30 kilometers from ISS	✔
2:48 a.m. EDT (06:48 UTC)	Out of Plane burn using Draco thrusters	✔
3:01 a.m. EDT (07:01 UTC)	Crew Dragon range 15 kilometers from ISS	✔
3:15 a.m. EDT (07:15 UTC)	Go/no go decision for approach initiation burn	✔
3:18 a.m. EDT (07:18 UTC)	Crew Dragon range 10 kilometers from ISS	✔
3:35 a.m. EDT (07:35 UTC)	Approach initiation burn; Crew Dragon range 7.5 kilometers from ISS	✔
4:15 a.m. EDT (08:15 UTC)	Go/no go decision to enter ISS keep out sphere (a 200-meter zone around the ISS)	✔
4:25 a.m. EDT (08:25 UTC)	Waypoint Zero arrival (400 meters below ISS)	✔
4:39 a.m. EDT (08:39 UTC)	Go/no go decision to approach Waypoint 2	✔
4:49 a.m. EDT (08:49 UTC)	Docking axis/Waypoint 1 arrival (220 meters in front of ISS)	✔
5:00 a.m. EDT (09:00 UTC)	Waypoint 2 arrival and hold (20 meters from ISS)	✔
5:01 a.m. EDT (09:01 UTC)	Go/no go decision for docking	✔
5:05 a.m. EDT (09:05 UTC)	Resume approach from Waypoint 2 (20 meters from ISS)	✔
5:08 a.m. EDT (09:08 UTC)	Contact and capture at IDA-2 on forward port of the Harmony module	🤝
5:23 a.m. EDT (09:23 UTC)	Docking sequence complete; All hooks closed; Power umbilicals mated	🎊
5:35 a.m. EDT (09:35 UTC)	Leak checks begin between Crew Dragon and ISS	✔
7:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 UTC)	Leak checks complete; Vestibule pressurization	✔
7:15 a.m. EDT (11:15 UTC)	Hatch opening; Crew-2 astronauts enter ISS	✔

Info

Contact with ISS currently scheduled for:	April 24 9:10 UTC (5:10 a.m. EDT)
Spacecraft Commander	Shane Kimbrough, NASA Astronaut @astro_kimbrough
Pilot	Megan McArthur, NASA Astronaut @Astro_Megan
Mission Specialist	Akihiko Hoshide, JAXA Astronaut @aki_hoshide
Mission Specialist	Thomas Pesquet, ESA Astronaut @Thom_astro
Destination	ISS Harmony zenith port
Capsule	Crew Dragon C206 "Endeavour" (Previous: DM-2)
Duration of visit	~6 months
Mission success criteria	Rendezvous and docking to the ISS;

##Your host team

Reddit username | Responsibilities | Currently hosting? :--:|:--:|:--:|:--: u/Shahar603 | Docking & Coast | ✔️ u/hitura-nobad |Launch & Cost | ⭕ u/yoweigh|Coast |⭕

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Timeline

Time	Update

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Watch the launch live

Stream	Courtesy
NASA TV	NASA / SpaceX

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Stats

☑️ This will be the 11th SpaceX launch this year.

☑️ This will be the 114th Falcon 9 launch.

☑️ This will be the 2nd journey to space of the Falcon 9 first stage B1060.

☑️ 2nd Flight of C206 "Endeavour"

☑️ This will be the 2nd operational Crew Rotation mission.

☑️ First Flight on a reused capsule and booster

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The Crew

Shane Kimbrough (NASA, Spacecraft Commander)

Robert Shane Kimbrough (born June 4, 1967) is a retired United States Army officer, and a NASA astronaut. He was part of the first group of candidates selected for NASA astronaut training following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Kimbrough is a veteran of two spaceflights, the first being a Space Shuttle flight, and the second being a six-month mission to the ISS on board a Russian Soyuz craft. He was the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 50, and returned to Earth in April 2017. He is married to the former Robbie Lynn Nickels.

Katherine Megan McArthur (NASA, Pilot)

Katherine Megan McArthur (born August 30, 1971) is an American oceanographer, engineer, and a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut. She has served as a Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) for both the space shuttle and space station. Megan McArthur has flown one space shuttle mission, STS-125. She is known as the last person to be hands on with the Hubble Space Telescope via the Canadarm. McArthur has served in a number of positions including working in the Shuttle Avionics Laboratory (SAIL). She is married to fellow astronaut Robert L. Behnken (DM-2, Pilot).

Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA, Mission Specialist)

Akihiko Hoshide (星出 彰彦, Hoshide Akihiko, born December 28, 1968) is a Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut. On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space.

Thomas Pesquet (ESA, Mission Specialist)

Thomas Gautier Pesquet (born 27 February 1978 in Rouen) is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, and European Space Agency astronaut. Pesquet was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009,[1] and he successfully completed his basic training in November 2010.[2] From November 2016 to June 2017, Pesquet was part of Expedition 50 and Expedition 51 as a flight engineer.

Biographies by Wikipedia

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Resources

Link	Source
Official press kit	SpaceX

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