The timeline below covers major vehicle and crew activities during the Crew-5 countdown and rendezvous with the International Space Station. All times assume liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 12:00:57 p.m. EDT (1600:57 GMT) on Oct. 5. All times in Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4).

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5

6:30:57 a.m. EDT: Chief engineer launch readiness briefing 7:00:57 a.m. EDT: Launch shift arrives in Firing Room 4; Dragon IMU align/configure for launch 7:30:57 a.m. EDT: Dragon prop pressurization 7:42:57 a.m. EDT: Crew weather brief 7:52:57 a.m. EDT: Crew handoff to SpaceX 8:00:57 a.m. EDT: Suit donning and checkouts 8:00:57 a.m. EDT: Launch director readiness poll for advance team to enter Blast Danger Area 8:05:57 a.m. EDT: Advance team travels to pad 39A 8:10:57 a.m. EDT: ISS state vector uploaded to Dragon 8:30 a.m. EDT: NASA TV coverage begins 8:40:57 a.m. EDT: Crew walkout from Neil Armstrong O&C Building 8:45:57 a.m. EDT: Crew departs for pad 39A in Tesla Model Xs 9:05:57 a.m. EDT: Crew arrives at pad 39A 9:25:57 a.m. EDT: Astronauts ingress into Crew Dragon 9:40:57 a.m. EDT: Crew communications checks 9:45:57 a.m. EDT: Verify ready for seat rotation 9:46:57 a.m. EDT: Suit leak checks 10:05:57 a.m. EDT: Hatch closed for flight 11:15:57 a.m. EDT: SpaceX launch director verifies go for propellant load 11:18:57 a.m. EDT: Crew access arm retracts 11:22:57 a.m. EDT: Launch escape system armed 11:25:57 a.m. EDT: 1st and 2nd stage RP-1 fuel load begins; 1st stage LOX load begins 11:41:57 a.m. EDT: 2nd stage LOX load begins 11:53:57 a.m. EDT: 1st stage engine chill begins 11:55:57 a.m. EDT: Dragon transitions to internal power 11:56:27 a.m. EST: Strongback retraction begins 11:57:37 a.m. EDT: 1st stage fully loaded with RP-1 11:57:17 a.m. EDT: Autonomous Flight Termination System final setup 11:57:52 a.m. EDT: M-Vac engine igniter purge 11:57:57 a.m. EDT: 1st stage LOX tank full; Strongback at ~1.7 degrees 11:58:57 a.m. EDT: 2nd stage LOX tank full 11:59:57 a.m. EDT: Flight computer starts final pre-flight checks; F9 prop tanks pressurize for flight 12:00:12 p.m. EDT: SpaceX launch director verifies go for launch 12:00:54 p.m. EDT: Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence

 

12:00:57 p.m. EDT: Liftoff

 

12:00:57 p.m. EDT: Stage 1a abort mode 12:01:07 p.m. EDT: Pitch kick 12:01:50 p.m. EDT: Stage 1 throttle bucket 12:01:59 p.m. EDT: Max-Q 12:02:06 p.m. EDT: Mach 1 12:02:11 p.m. EDT: Stage 1b abort mode 12:03:33 p.m. EDT: Stage 2a abort mode 12:03:33 p.m. EDT: MECO; 1st stage engines cut off 12:03:36 p.m. EDT: Stage separation 12:03:43 p.m. EDT: 2nd stage’s M-Vac engine ignites 12:05:17 p.m. EDT: Bermuda ground station acquires F9 and Dragon signals 12:08:22 p.m. EDT: 1st stage entry burn

 

12:09:46 p.m. EDT: SECO-1; 2nd stage M-Vac engine shuts down; Orbit insertion

 

12:09:59 p.m. EDT: 1st stage landing burn 12:10:27 p.m. EDT: 1st stage landing on droneship 12:12:57 p.m. EDT: Dragon separates from 2nd stage; Begin Draco thruster checkouts 12:13:45 p.m. EDT: Dragon nosecone open sequence begins 12:49:32 p.m. EDT: Phase burn using Draco thrusters 1:30 p.m. EDT: Post-launch news conference on NASA TV

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6

 

9:31 a.m. EDT: Boost burn using Draco thrusters 10:16 a.m. EDT: Close burn using Draco thrusters 11:26 a.m. EDT: Transfer burn using Draco thrusters 12:12 p.m. EDT: Coelliptic burn using Draco thrusters 1:57 p.m. EDT: Crew Dragon range 30 kilometers from ISS 2:48 p.m. EDT: Crew Dragon range 15 kilometers from ISS 3:02 p.m. EDT: Go/no go decision for approach initiation burn 3:05 p.m. EDT: Crew Dragon range 10 kilometers from ISS 3:27 p.m. EDT: Approach initiation burn; Crew Dragon range 7.5 kilometers from ISS 3:33 p.m. EDT: Crew Dragon range 6 kilometers from ISS 3:52 p.m. EDT: Approach initiation midcourse burn 3:59 p.m. EDT: Crew Dragon range 1 kilometer from ISS 4:02 p.m. EDT: Go/no go decision to enter ISS keep out sphere (a 200-meter zone around the ISS) 4:12 p.m. EDT: Waypoint Zero arrival (400 meters below ISS) 4:26 p.m. EDT: Go/no go decision to approach Waypoint 2 4:36 p.m. EDT: Docking axis/Waypoint 1 arrival (220 meters in front of ISS) 4:47 p.m. EDT: Waypoint 2 arrival and hold (20 meters from ISS) 4:48 p.m. EDT: Go/no go decision for docking 4:52 p.m. EDT: Resume approach from Waypoint 2 (20 meters from ISS)

 

4:57 p.m. EDT: Contact and capture at IDA-2 on forward port of the Harmony module

 

5:10 p.m. EDT: Docking sequence complete; All hooks closed; Power umbilicals mated 5:32 p.m. EDT: Leak checks begin between Crew Dragon and ISS 5:57 p.m. EDT: Leak checks complete; Vestibule pressurization 6:42 p.m. EDT: Hatch opening; Crew-5 astronauts enter ISS 8:05 p.m. EDT: Welcome ceremony

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