Dragon SpX-14 (CRS-14) – Falcon 9 – Canaveral SLC-40 – 02.04.2018 20:30 UTC

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2018/03/26/dragon-set-to-deliver-supplies-to-international-space-station/

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2018/03/26/dragon-set-to-deliver-supplies-to-international-space-station/

Dragon Set to Deliver Supplies to International Space Station

Bob Granath
Posted Mar 26, 2018 at 8:17 am


SpaceX's Dragon cargo craft is seen during final approach to the International Space Station on Feb. 23, 2017. The commercial spacecraft carried about 5,500 pounds of experiments and supplies to the orbiting laboratory. Space station crew members used the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, to capture Dragon.
Photo credit: NASA

Next Commercial Resupply Services Mission: SpaceX CRS-14
Launch Time and Date: 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 2, 2018
Lift Off: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida
Launch Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9, 230 feet-tall
Spacecraft: Dragon, 20 feet high, 12 feet-in diameter
Payload: Dragon will deliver cargo and material to support science investigations aboard the International Space Station.
Return to Earth: After about one month attached to the space station, Dragon will return with results of earlier experiments, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California.
Payloads on Board:* https://go.nasa.gov/2Isu6rt

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DutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace 3 ч. назад

Nice shot of @esaspaceflight #ASIM (Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor) inside the @SpaceX #Dragon trunk for CRS-14, once on-orbit it will be installed on @esa #Columbus module, images via ESA/SpaceX more: https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Research/Atmosphere_Space_Interactions_Monitor ...

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DutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace 2 ч. назад

Another shot of @esaspaceflight #ASIM space storm hunter being installed in the @SpaceX #Dragon #CRS14 Trunk, image via @Terma_Global #ESA more: https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Research/Atmosphere_Space_Interactions_Monitor ...

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НАСА выпустила описание миссии CRS-14

spacex_crs-14_mision_overview_high_res.pdf - 327.2 KB, 3 стр, 2018-03-22 21:28:55 UTC

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-television-to-air-launch-of-next-space-station-resupply-mission-3

March 26, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-053

NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX now is targeting its 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station for no earlier than 4:30 p.m. EDT Monday, April 2. Live coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency's website Sunday, April 1, with pre-launch events.

Packed with almost 5,800 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. About 10 minutes after launch, Dragon will reach its preliminary orbit, at which point it will deploys its solar arrays and begins a carefully choreographed series of thruster firings to reach the International Space Station.

Grapple and berthing to the space station is targeted for April 4. Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Norishege Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, backed up by NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, will supervise the operation of the Canadarm2 robotic arm for Dragon's capture. After Dragon capture, ground commands will be sent from mission control in Houston for the station's arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station's Harmony module.

Full mission coverage is as follows:

Sunday, April 1

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• 2:30 p.m. – What's on Board science briefing, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This briefing will highlight the following research:
• Dan Close, chief scientific officer at 490 BioTech, will discuss the company's Metabolic Tracking investigation to evaluate the use of a new method to test, in microgravity, the metabolic impacts of pharmaceutical drugs. This could lead to more effective, less expensive medicines on Earth.
• Torsten Neubert of the National Space Institute at the Technical University of Denmark, and principal investigator for the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor, will discuss how this Earth observatory will study severe thunderstorms and their role in the Earth's atmosphere and climate.
• The Multi-use Variable-g Platform (MVP), developed, owned and operated by Techshot Inc., will serve as a new test bed aboard the space station, able to host 12 separate experiment modules with samples such as plants, cells, protein crystals and fruit flies. Rich Boling, vice president for corporate advancement at Techshot, will discuss the platform, and Sharmila Bhattacharya, a senior scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center, will talk about the value of the research that will be conducted on it.
• Howard Levine, chief scientist in the Utilization and Life Science Office at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, will discuss continuing research on growing food in space, as the Veggie Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System experiment tests a new way to deliver nutrients to plants.
  

[/li][li]4 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference at Kennedy with representatives from NASA's International Space Station Program, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing.
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Monday, April 2

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• 4 p.m. – Launch coverage begins for the 4:30 p.m. launch
• 6:30 p.m. – Postlaunch news conference at Kennedy with representatives from NASA's International Space Station Program and SpaceX.
  

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Wednesday, April 4

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• 5:30 a.m. – Dragon rendezvous and capture. Capture is scheduled for 7 a.m.
• 8:30 a.m. – Dragon installation to the nadir port of the Harmony module of the station
  

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The Dragon spacecraft will spend approximately one month attached to the space station, returning to Earth in May with results of completed experiments.

Last Updated: March 27, 2018
Editor: Katherine Brown

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https://www.nasa.gov/content/spacex-crs-14-briefings-and-events

SpaceX CRS-14 Briefings and Events

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is now targeting its 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station for no earlier than 4:30 p.m. EDT Monday, April 2. Live coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency's website Sunday, April 1, with pre-launch events.

Packed with 5,800 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, which was previously flown on SpaceX's eighth commercial resupply mission, will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida.

About 10 minutes after launch, Dragon will reach its preliminary orbit, at which point it will deploy its solar arrays and begin a carefully choreographed series of thruster firings to reach the International Space Station.

Grapple and berthing to the nadir port of the Harmony module is targeted for April 4. Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Norishege Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, backed up by NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, will supervise the operation of the Canadarm2 robotic arm for Dragon's capture. After Dragon capture, ground commands will be sent from mission control in Houston for the station's arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station's Harmony module.

Live coverage of the Dragon rendezvous and capture coverage is set to begin at 5:30 a.m., with capture scheduled at 7 a.m. Installation coverage will start at 8:30 a.m.

The Dragon spacecraft will spend approximately one month attached to the space station, returning to Earth in the beginning of May with results of previous experiments.

L-1 Day (Sunday, April 1)

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News Media Schedule

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• 2:30 p.m. – "What's on Board" science briefing, highlighting the following research
• The Metabolic Tracking investigation by 490 BioTech will evaluate using a new method in microgravity to test the metabolic impacts of pharmaceutical drugs. This could lead to more effective, less expensive medicines on Earth.
• The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor, an Earth observatory that will study severe thunderstorms and their role in the Earth's atmosphere and climate.
• The Multi-use Variable-g Platform (MVP), developed, owned and operated by Techshot Inc., will serve as a new test bed aboard the space station, able to host 12 separate experiment modules with samples such as plants, cells, protein crystals and fruit flies. Rich Boling, vice president for corporate advancement at Techshot, will discuss the platform, and Sharmila Bhattacharya, a senior scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center, will talk about the value of the research that will be conducted on it
• Howard Levine, chief scientist in the Utilization and Life Science Office at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, will discuss continuing research on growing food in space, as the Veggie Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System experiment tests a new way to deliver nutrients to plants.
  

[/li][li]4 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference with representatives from NASA's International Space Station Program, SpaceX, and the 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base
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L-0 Day (Monday, April 2)

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News Media Schedule

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• 4 p.m. – Launch Broadcast Begins
• 4:30 p.m. – CRS-14 Launch
• 6:30 p.m. – Post-Launch News Conference
  

Post-Launch News Conference
A post-launch news conference will be conducted around 6:30 p.m. in Kennedy's Press Site TV Auditorium and air live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

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NASA TV Launch Coverage

NASA TV live coverage will begin at 4 p.m. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

NASA Web Prelaunch and Launch Coverage

Prelaunch and launch day coverage of the SpaceX CRS-14 flight will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates beginning at 4 p.m. as the countdown milestones occur. ... You can follow countdown coverage on our launch blog at http://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex.

Post-Launch News Conference on NASA TV

A post-launch news conference will occur at about 6:30 p.m. in Kennedy's Press Site TV Auditorium and air live on NASA Television and the agency's website at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 15 мин. назад

Today is "post and then delete your tweet" day. So while we wait for an Iridium NEXT-5 update that sticks, another Falcon 9 will conduct a Static Fire test on the East Coast ahead of the CRS-14 mission to the ISS.

@TheFavoritist Photo. He'll be there for CRS-14 too.

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 23 мин. назад

As we head toward a realigned #Iridium5 launch date on Friday, the flight-proven #Falcon9 for #NASA's #CRS14 mission on Monday is set to static fire on SLC-40 today in a test window that opens at 11:00 EDT (15:00 UTC). #SpaceX

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NOTMAR

NAVAREA IV 257/2018 (11,26)

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   022022Z TO 022108Z APR, ALTERNATE
   032000Z TO 032046Z APR IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-35N 080-37W, 28-53N 080-21W,
   29-09N 080-01W, 29-07N 079-59W,
   29-05N 079-59W, 28-47N 080-13W,
   28-34N 080-23W, 28-31N 080-35W.
   B. 32-08N 076-42W, 33-37N 075-00W,
   33-18N 074-42W, 31-50N 076-23W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 032146Z APR 18.

( 280858Z MAR 2018 )

Пусковое окно:  20:22 - 21:08 UTC 2018-04-02
Резервная дата: 2018-04-03 с 20:00 до 20:46 UTC

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SFT!

Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 3 мин. назад

And now we wait for SpaceX's tweet confirmation.

Thomas McConnon‏ @mcconnot2 12 мин. назад

В ответ @NASASpaceflight

Just seen a large cloud from the roof of the port canaveral exploration tower!!! In the direction of LC-40!!!

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SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX 4 мин. назад

Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting April 2 launch from Pad 40 in Florida for Dragon's fourteenth mission to the @Space_Station.

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 5 мин. назад

And there's the confirmation!

SpaceXПодлинная учетная запись @SpaceX 6 мин. назад

Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting April 2 launch from Pad 40 in Florida for Dragon's fourteenth mission to the @Space_Station.

ARTICLE:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/03/falcon-9-crs-14-mission-static-fire-testing/ ...

And well done to @mcconnot2 for being in the right place at the right time per the visual sighting.

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SpaceX - CRS14 - Static Fire Test 03-28-2018

USLaunchReport

Опубликовано: 28 мар. 2018 г.

Fuel loading began at 11AM. Test went off at 1:15 PM Eastern.

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http://spaceflight101.com/dragon-spx14/falcon-9-spx-14-static-fire-test/

Falcon 9 Completes Static Fire Test Ahead of Monday Liftoff on Next ISS Resupply Mission
March 28, 2018

Photo: NASA (File Image)

A previously used Falcon 9 booster came to life at Florida's Space Coast on Wednesday in preparation for the launch of the first U.S. Space Station resupply mission of the year, set for a Monday afternoon liftoff ahead of a two-day chase of the orbiting laboratory by the flight-proven Dragon spacecraft.

SpaceX's fourteenth operational ISS supply run is ferrying 2,647 Kilograms of cargo to the Station, including dozens of experiments, hardware & supplies, an innovative satellite exploring space debris removal technology, and three external payloads comprising two new research facilities and a spare pump for the Station's cooling system.

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Stepping up the pace again after a three-week gap in launches, SpaceX performed a Static Fire test on the West Coast on Sunday in preparation for the company's fifth flight in support of the Iridium-NEXT constellation, now targeting launch on Friday after a spacecraft-related delay. Dragon SpX-14 – the second mission involving a used booster and 'flight-proven' spacecraft – is targeting launch on Monday at 20:30 UTC, 4:30 p.m. local time and will be inbound for a robotic capture on Wednesday to kick off a planned stay of around three weeks, sending the ISS crew into a sprint to unload the spacecraft and complete a number of experiments it carries.


Dragon C110 on its first voyage – Photo: NASA

This latest Commercial Resupply Services mission will again involve previously used hardware after NASA green-lit the use of flight-proven Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 first stages last year. SpX-14 will employ Booster 1039 that first flew in August of 2017 on the Dragon SpX-12 mission and performed a smooth return to Cape Canaveral for refurbishment and re-launch; the Dragon C110 spacecraft spent 33 days off the planet in 2016 when supporting the Dragon SpX-8 mission that delivered over three metric tons to ISS including the expandable BEAM module.

Refurbished and fitted with a new Trunk Section, the Dragon is now tasked with lifting 1,721 Kilograms of cargo in its pressurized section while the three trunk payloads weigh in at 926 Kilograms and will be removed robotically to take their positions on the exterior of the International Space Station. As is typical for Dragon flights, SpX-14 is heavy on the utilization side – delivering 1,071 kg of science/utilization hardware and "only" 344 kg of crew supplies, 148 kg of vehicle hardware and 99 kg of spacewalk gear.


Mixed Crops inside Veggie – Photo: NASA

While Dragon handles the delivery of primarily utilization-related cargo, Orbital ATK Cygnus missions are used for the bulk of crew supplies and maintenance hardware heading to the U.S. Segment of ISS. This division of labor across the two CRS-1 contractors arises fr om Dragon's ability to return cargo fr om ISS – allowing experiments to launch on Dragon, be completed by the ISS crew and then ride back to Earth aboard the same spacecraft to undergo post-flight analysis. To that end, Dragon typically hosts a number of laboratory freezers carrying samples to and from the Station and the crew has their hands full with cargo and experiment operations while Dragon is docked.

Among the pressurized cargo of the SpX-14 mission is new hardware for the Station's Veggie facility designed to increase harvests of lettuce and other plants grown on ISS through an improved water and nutrient delivery system. Other studies riding up on Dragon look into the fundamental mechanics of sintering as a process to create hardened materials, a new variable G centrifuge will boost the Station's capacity for commercial biology and biochemistry studies and a wound healing investigation will look into a new type of wound dressing that could reliably prevent sepsis and act as scaffolding for tissue regeneration – a potential game-changer for combat medicine and future space travel to distant targets.

>> Dragon SpX-14 Cargo Overview


Dragon SpX-14 Trunk Configuration – Photo: SpaceX / ESA

Bolted into the Trunk Section of the Dragon is ASIM – the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor taking up residence outside the Columbus Module, the MISSE Flight Facility offering a new materials science and exposure platform for space-exposure studies, and a spare Pump Flow Control Subassembly for the Space Station's photovoltaic cooling system.

ASIM is an ESA-sponsored instrument developed by the Danish National Space Center to study the chemical and physical processes occurring wh ere Earth's dense atmosphere and the charged particle environment of near-Earth space interact.

The 314-Kilogram package hosts a series of UV/VIS/IR imaging cameras, high-speed radiometers covering the same wavelengths and an X- and Gamma-Ray monitor to capture the signature of energetic phenomena like blue jets, elves and red sprites occurring over terrestrial thunderstorms. These Transient Luminous Events, although known since the late 80s, have only been observed sporadically and ASIM hopes to learn about the interaction of the atmosphere and space by capturing detailed spectral records of these events from the orbital vantage point of ISS.


MISSE-FF – Image: AlphaSpace

MISSE-FF, a product of AlphaSpace, is a commercial exposure facility that takes the original concept of NASA's Materials on ISS Experiment (MISSE) as a basis and adds a number of new capabilities like the ability of hosting powered payloads that actively collect data to go beyond the scope of variable-duration exposure studies. Two MISSE-FF units are headed to ISS this year, each offering 14 slots for exchangeable sample modules that can be exposed to the space environment between six months and three years to gather data on how different samples fare in the challenging space environment to inform the designers of future spacecraft.

The third trunk payload, unlike its two companions, is a potentially critical spare part for the Space Station's future – a Pump Flow Control Subassembly that builds the central part of the Photovoltaic Thermal Control System tasked with radiating heat from the power-generation equipment on ISS into space by flowing ammonia through thermal regulation loops. Although ISS currently has eight functioning power channels, the PFCS has been a known failure point in the past and so Station managers decided to pre-stage a pristine spare outside ISS in addition to one previously used but still functional PFCS and one spare that has been sitting idle since 2000.


Trunk Integration – Photo: SpaceX / ESA

Preparations for the Dragon SpX-14 mission have been smooth: its launch date has been sticking since the beginning of the year and processing on the spacecraft and launcher side has been uneventful. Gearing up for the mission, SpaceX rolled the two-stage Falcon 9 – still missing its payload – to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 40 by Wednesday morning in advance of a multi-hour test window for the Static Fire Test.

The brief ignition of Falcon's nine Merlin 1D engines was preceded by a full tanking sequence involving both stages of the launch vehicle to put all systems through a pressure and thermal cycle including a full tank pressurization in the tail end of the automated countdown sequence. Ignition occurred around 17:30 UTC and Falcon 9 was expected to fire for seven seconds – the typical duration of a Static Fire for a used booster.

For new boosters, SpaceX deems a 3.5-second fire duration sufficient to collect performance data on the start-up of the nine Merlin Engines after each booster already underwent a full-duration acceptance test in the weeks leading up to launch. Flight-proven boosters do not complete another McGregor test firing and are evaluated via extending the Static Fire to collect steady-state performance data with the engines at operational thrust levels.


Late Load Configuration – Photo: SpaceX

SpaceX confirmed the successful completion of the Static Fire on Twitter, indicating the burn met its planned duration and all desired performance parameters needed for in-depth reviews were obtained. Next, the Falcon 9 will return to its pad-side hangar wh ere it will meet its payload over the coming days before returning to the Launch Pad on Sunday for late cargo loading on the Dragon – involving time-critical science payload headed to ISS.

Taking its vertical launch position by Monday morning, Falcon 9 will be counting down to an instantaneous launch opportunity at 20:30 UTC. SpX-14 is the first of three planned Dragon missions of 2018, to be joined by two Cygnus and one HTV flight – resupplying the U.S. Segment and its four crew members to support a packed science program with 80 to 100 crew hours of science activities completed per week across a wide swath of scientific disciplines.

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 10 мин. назад

More precision! The targeted instantaneous time for Monday's #CRS14 launch of #Falcon9 w/ #Dragon to @Space_Station is 16:30:41 EDT (20:30:41 UTC). This to-the-second time always shifts by a few seconds by the time we get to launch day. But that's the plan right now. #SpaceX

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Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight 10 мин. назад

The next #SpaceX launch is just days away! #CRS14 launches Monday, April 2nd at 4:30 PM EDT from SLC-40 at CCAFS. Once again, the #Falcon9 first stage will not be recovered as SpaceX transitions to Block V boosters.

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Прогноз погоды L-3

L-3 Forecast Falcon-9 Dragon CRS-14

80% GO

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2018/03/30/nasa-tv-to-air-events-supporting-next-space-station-resupply-mission/

NASA TV to Air Events Supporting Next Space Station Resupply Mission

Bob Granath
Posted Mar 30, 2018 at 3:47 pm

NASA and SpaceX are preparing for the company's 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station scheduled for liftoff at 4:30 p.m. EDT, Monday, April 2.

Packed with almost 5,800 pounds of research material, crew supplies and hardware, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The official weather forecast from the U.S. Air Force's 45th weather squadron at Patrick Air Force Base calls for an 80 percent chance for favorable conditions for launch. The primary launch weather concerns are flight through precipitation and cumulus clouds with the showers.

You may follow the prelaunch briefings and the countdown taking place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on NASA Television at: https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

Sunday, April 1
2:30 p.m. EDT – What's on Board science briefing
4 p.m. EDT – Prelaunch news conference with representatives from NASA's International Space Station Program, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing.

Monday, April 2
4 p.m. EDT – Launch coverage begins for liftoff scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. EDT – Post launch news conference at Kennedy with representatives from NASA's International Space Station Program and SpaceX.

For the latest schedule of prelaunch briefings, events and NASA TV coverage, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/spacex-crs-14-briefings-and-events/