Falcon 9 | CRS-27 | 15.03.2023

[Lion97]

Numer misji   #220   
Data   15 marca 2023, 01:30 czasu polskiego
Okno startowe   natychmiastowe
Miejsce startu   KSC LC-39A 
Miejsce lądowania   ASOG
Rakieta   Falcon 9 Block 5
Booster   1073.7
Ładunek   Dragon 2 (D2-16/C209.3)
Masa ładunku   Dragon 2 + 2852 kg
Docelowa orbita   LEO
Klient   NASA

Dwudziesta siódma misja zaopatrzeniowa SpaceX do Międzynarodowej Stacji Kosmicznej (ISS), siódma misja z drugiej fazy programu NASA CRS (ang. Commercial Resupply Services), którego celem jest wynoszenie towaru na ISS przez prywatne firmy.  Towarowa wersja kapsuły Dragon 2 dostarczy na stację zapasy, części zamienne i sprzęt do eksperymentów naukowych.

Podczas tego lotu wykorzystana zostanie towarowa kapsuła Dragon 2, dla której będzie to trzecia misja. Wcześniej brała ona udział w misji CRS-22 w czerwcu 2021 roku oraz misji CRS-24 w grudniu 2021 roku..

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[Orionid]

150. lot z użyciem  sprawdzonych wcześniej w lotach pierwszych stopni.
Na pokładzie m.in. kosmiczna latarnia.
https://www.spacex.com/launches/index.html

15.03.2023 o 00:30:42 z wyrzutni LC-39A w KSC wystrzelona została RN Falcon-9R, która wyniosła na orbitę statek transportowy Dragon-27 (C209.3). Połączy się on z ISS 16.03.2023 o 11:52:14. Pierwszy stopień RN (B1073.7) w T+8' 26" wylądował na barce ASDS ASOG na Atlantyku.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/sat/dragon/dragon2.htm

Kod: [Zaznacz]

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1635804339577995265
SpaceX CRS-27 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing


https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1635803956533399553

F9/CRS-27: SpaceX confirms nose cone deploy

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1635801914574077952
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1635836389743796225
https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1635786537534124033
https://twitter.com/Raul74Cz/status/1635675802116268037

MISSION STATS:
210th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
220th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
7th launch of Falcon 9 booster B1073
3rd flight of Dragon capsule C209
180th Falcon 9 launch from Florida’s Space Coast
64th SpaceX launch from pad 39A
157th launch overall from pad 39A
7th launch of an upgraded Cargo Dragon vehicle
27th SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station
16th Falcon 9 launch of 2023
17th launch by SpaceX in 2023
13th orbital launch attempt based out of Cape Canaveral in 2023
https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/03/14/falcon-9-crs-27-launch-coverage/

CRS-27 has one payload in the trunk, the STP-H9 experiment package which will be installed on location EFU6 on the Japanese Exposed Facility

Research Flies to the Space Station on SpaceX CRS-27
Mar 6, 2023

A Helping Hand for Hearts

The Tissue Chips in Space program, a collaboration between the National Center for Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health and the ISS National Lab, is sending up its final two studies. Both are second flights of heart-related investigations that use tissue chips, small devices that mimic functions of human organs.

Cardinal Heart 2.0 builds on the Cardinal Heart investigation. That study, according to Dilip Thomas, a post-doctoral researcher at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, affirmed the hypothesis that microgravity can adversely influence engineered heart muscle tissues. “This second study aims to test whether clinically approved drugs mitigate the signs of abnormal processes seen from the first flight,” he says.

Principal Investigator Joseph Wu, director of the institute, says the follow-up study could provide a deeper understanding of how major heart cell types respond to drugs in the space environment. That understanding could guide drug development strategies on Earth to treat patients with diseases such as heart failure more effectively. (...)
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spacex-27-research-highlights

Four Canadian CubeSats head to the International Space Station

On March 14, SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On March 15, the vehicle docked to the International Space Station autonomously, delivering vital supplies to Station crew.

Among other things, Dragon contained science equipment for Canadian experiment Vascular Aging, which studies the effects of weightlessness on astronauts' blood vessels and hearts.

Dragon also carried four Canadian CubeSat Project CubeSats, designed and built by Canadian students:

AuroraSat: Aurora Research Institute of Aurora College, Northwest Territories
Ex-Alta 2: University of Alberta, Alberta
NEUDOSE: McMaster University, Ontario
YukonSat: Yukon University, Yukon

These miniature satellites will soon be deployed into space. AuroraSat, Ex‑Alta 2 and YukonSat will orbit Earth as a constellation under the name of Northern SPIRIT.

https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/news/articles/2023/2023-03-17-four-canadian-cubesats-head-to-the-iss.asp
https://twitter.com/csa_asc/status/1635723522646368256
https://twitter.com/Kosmo_Michal/status/1636284537784107008
https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1636031873271975936
https://twitter.com/John_Winkopp/status/1635966648279609344
https://twitter.com/John_Winkopp/status/1635966927129530370

Science Launching on SpaceX's 27th Cargo Resupply Mission to the Space Station


https://www.spaceupclose.com/2023/03/nasa-and-spacex-set-to-launch-27th-dragon-cargo-mission-to-space-station-watch-live/
https://www.americaspace.com/2023/03/15/three-times-flown-cargo-dragon-launches-science-supplies-to-space-station/
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/03/spacex-crs-27/
https://www.issnationallab.org/spx27-bristol-myers-squibb/

Dragon CRS-27 (SpX 27, Dragon C209-F2)  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dragon-v2c.htm
STP-H9 ⇑  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/stp-h9.htm
ARKSAT 1 ↑  CubeSat (1xU) (1 kg)   https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/arksat-1.htm
LightCube ↑  CubeSat (1xU) (1 kg)  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/lightcube.htm
Ex-Alta 2 ↑   CubeSat (3U) (4 kg) https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ex-alta-2.htm
AuroraSat ↑  CubeSat (2U) (4 kg)  https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/aurorasat.htm
YukonSat ↑   CubeSat (2U) (4 kg) https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yukonsat.htm
NEUDOSE ↑  CubeSat (2U) (2 kg)   https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/neudose.htm

[Lion97]

Dokowanie do ISS 16 marca 12:52 CET. Dzisiejsze operacje odzyskiwania są zarządzane przez załogę składającą się wyłącznie z kobiet i SpaceX pokazało załogę, która odłącza barkę od statku Doug.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1635795158934634496

https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1635795511713071104

[Orionid]

CRS-27 zbliża się do ISS

CRS-27: Good morning; the CRS-27 Dragon cargo ship is running about 20 minutes ahead of schedule as it closes in on the International Space Station; the approach initiation burn is complete and docking is now expected ~7:28 am EDT (1128 UTC)

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1636325691787472898

12:27 PM

CRS-27: The cargo Dragon has reached waypoint 2, ~20 meters directly in front of the International Space Station; after a brief pause to check alignment, the spacecraft will resume its approach to the Harmony module's docking port momentarily

https://twitter.com/ShuttleAlmanac/status/1636329828185174016

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1636329618109079553

12:49 PM

CRS-27: All 12 hooks in the docking mechanism have engaged, pulling the Cargo Dragon in for a "hard mate;" after leak checks to verify an airtight seal, hatches will be opened and the ISS crew will gain access to fresh food and 6,300 lbs of equipment and supplies

SpaceX CRS-27 Dragon docking


LIVE: Docking of SpaceX Cargo Dragon to International Space Station on CRS-27 Mission

While the International Space Station was traveling more than 261 miles over North Eastern China, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft autonomously docked to station’s Harmony module at 7:31 a.m. EDT, with NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg monitoring operations from the station

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2023/03/

[Lion97]

Cargo Dragon CRS-27 odłączył się od ISS i wraca na Ziemie. Nie będzie transmisji z wodowania.

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1647256719171670017