Falcon 9 Together with Dragon attached to her, she was transported on Saturday evening to the 39A start platform in the complex NASAfrom where the rockets start SpaceXand set up to the tower.
On Sunday, the rocket will undergo a number of procedures to check her readiness to take off, including Engine and capsules control. It will stay in place at least until Tuesday morning, when the start is planned. Representatives of SpaceX, the Axiom Space and Space Battle Forces organizer and USA, will inform about the results of the review.
The Pole will fly into space. Start rocket on Tuesday
Start of the AX-4 mission, which he will take Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and three other astronauts on International space stationit is currently planned for time. 8:22 Local time on Tuesday (14:22 Polish time)but he has already been postponed twice. If it does not take place on Tuesday, the next possible date will be Wednesday morning. Recent preparations will start 45 minutes before the start, and 35 minutes before the start will refuel Falcon 9 RP-1 rocket fuel (kerosene) and liquid oxygen (LOX).
The first rank of Falcon 9, which will take out astronauts to orbit, already has one flight behind him and after starting and separating from the second degree will land in a space center in Florida. The Dragon capsule, which the astronauts will fly, is new. The ship will be officially baptized shortly after the start.
Four -person crew – mission commander, astronaut Peggy Whitson from the USA, a pilot from India Shubhanshu shukla and two specialists in scientists, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and Hungary Tibor gate – They are to join the Astronauts on the ISS, spend two weeks there and conduct about 60 research and scientific experiments, including Tests for cancer drugs.