Crew-3 post Flight Readiness Review (FRR) coming up momentarily. Watch on NASA TV.
Kathy Lueders, Steve Stich, Joel Montalbano, Holly Ridings from NASA; Bill Gerstenmaier, SpX; Frank de Winne, ESA; Junichi Sakai, JAXA.
Kathy Lueders, Steve Stich, Joel Montalbano, Holly Ridings from NASA; Bill Gerstenmaier, SpX; Frank de Winne, ESA; Junichi Sakai, JAXA.
Scratch that. NASA's Commercial Crew twitter account now says 7:15 pm and listen on NASA Live. "We'll be holding a media teleconference at 7:15pm ET to discuss the outcome: nasa.gov/live"
Starting now.
Lueders: there were a few open items that will be worked out this week.
Stich: we made a modification to the waste tank problem that we saw on Inspiration4. Pressing on to launch on Oct 31.
Stich: Crew-2 earliest return is landing on Nov. 4. Orbital mechanics means landing at night.
Gerstenmaier: two items to work. Waste system we want to double check for both Crew-2 and Crew-3. Both have a good path to closure.
ESA's de Winne: Maurer will check out the ESA robotic arm on Russia's Nauka module. This is a "golden age" for ESA. Need to extend ISS to at least 2030.
Gerstenmaier says waste mgmt prob on I4 was that tube for urine system became unglued so there was contamination under the floor of the sc. No one noticed till after landing. Fixing it for Crew-3.
Lueders wraps up briefing by saying there still are a number of steps to get thru - rollout, static fire, dry dress, LRR -- but looking forward to launch on Oct 31, her daughter's birthday, who would think this would be a great birthday candle.
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