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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Crew-4 Campaign | Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Hello dear people of the subreddit! The host team is here as usual to bring you live updates during SpaceX's upcoming operational crewed mission to the ISS. This time, Crew Dragon is going to carry three NASA and one ESA astronaut to space.🚀

Liftoff currently scheduled for:	April 27 at 07:52 UTC (03:52 AM local)
Backup date	Next days
Static fire	After dry dress rehearsel
Spacecraft Commander	Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA
Pilot	Robert Hines, NASA
Mission Specialist 1	Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA (Italy)
Mission Specialist 2	Jessica Watkins, NASA
Destination orbit	Low Earth Orbit, ~400 km x 51.66°, ISS rendezvous
Launch vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5
Core	B1067-4 (Previous: Türksat 5B, Crew-3, CRS-23)
Capsule	Crew Dragon C212 "Freedom"
Duration of visit	≈6 months
Launch site	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Landing	ASDS: 32.15 N, 76.74 W (~541 km downrange)
Mission success criteria	Successful separation and deployment of Dragon into the target orbit; rendezvous and docking to the ISS; undocking from the ISS; and reentry, splashdown and recovery of Dragon and crew.

##Your host team

Reddit username | Responsibilities | Currently hosting? :--:|:--:|:--:|:--: |u/hitura-nobad|Thread creation and host| Yes | |u/Captain_Hadock|Launch| No | |tbd||

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Timeline

Time	Update
[](/# MC // row 0) T+15:00	Docking is planned in about 16 hours<br>
[](/# MC // row 2) T+12:10	Dragon separation
[](/# MC // row 3) T+9:38	First stage landing success (4th landing for B1067)
[](/# MC // row 4) T+9:19	Successful orbital insertion
[](/# MC // row 5) T+9:06	SECO
[](/# MC // row 6) T+9:06	First stage landing burn startup
[](/# MC // row 7) T+7:37	First stage entry burn started
[](/# MC // row 8) T+2:46	MECO, stage step and S2 ignition
[](/# MC // row 9) T+2:09	Stage 2 engine chill has begun
[](/# MC // row 10) T+1:16	Max Q
[](/# MC // row 11) T+14	And it has cleared the tower
[](/# MC // row 12) T+6	Liftoff!
[](/# MC // row 13) T-40	GO for launch
[](/# MC // row 14) T-1:45	Stage 2 LOX load complete
[](/# MC // row 15) T-2:38	Dragon now on internal power
[](/# MC // row 16) T-2:58	Stage 1 LOX load complete
[](/# MC // row 17) T-4:15	Strongback retract<br>
[](/# MC // row 18) T-4:51	Dragon is in terminal count and Falcon propellant tanks are pressurizing
[](/# MC // row 19) T-6:09	Stage RP-1 load is complete
[](/# MC // row 20) T-6:49	Stage 1 engine chill has begun
[](/# MC // row 21) T-10:00	Range and weather is all green as we approach T-10 minutes and counting
[](/# MC // row 22) 2022-04-27 05:34:10 UTC	Suite leak checks underway
[](/# MC // row 23) 2022-04-27 05:33:26 UTC	Range & Weather currently good
[](/# MC // row 24) 2022-04-27 05:32:06 UTC	Seat rotation
[](/# MC // row 25) 2022-04-27 05:30:48 UTC	Comm checks completed
[](/# MC // row 26) 2022-04-27 05:22:25 UTC	All crew members inside dragon
[](/# MC // row 27) 2022-04-27 05:11:08 UTC	Ingress underway
[](/# MC // row 28) 2022-04-27 05:00:50 UTC	Crew arrived at the launch pad
[](/# MC // row 29) 2022-04-18 16:37:10 UTC	Crew-4 landed at KSC
[](/# MC // row 30) 2022-04-18 14:43:27 UTC	Astronauts departed Houston via Gulfstream plane (about 1:40h until arival at the cape) Registration N95NA
[](/# MC // row 31) 2022-04-18 13:30:34 UTC	Thread posted

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Watch the launch live

Stream	Link
SpaceX	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orN0PaqQECs
NASA TV	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNKPbe_gacg

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Stats

☑️ 16 (pending Starlink 4-14) SpaceX launch this year.

☑️ 149 Falcon 9 launch.

☑️ 4 journey to space of the Falcon 9 first stage B1067.

☑️ 1 flight of Dragon C212 "Freedom"

☑️ 4 operational crew rotation mission.

☑️ 34 Dragon mission.

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Resources

Link	Source
Official press kit	SpaceX
Mission schedule	NASA

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