Below are some key milestones for the Crew-7 mission. Launch is targeted for 3:27 a.m. EDT.

  • 11:07 p.m. Crew weather brief
  • 11:22 p.m. Crew handoff to SpaceX
  • 11:27 p.m. Suit donning and checkouts
  • 12:07 a.m. Crew walkout from Neil Armstrong Operations & Checkout Building
  • 12:12 a.m. Crew transportation to Launch Complex 39A
  • 12:32 a.m. Crew arrives at pad and ascends tower
  • 12:52 a.m. Crew ingress
  • 12:52 a.m. Communication check
  • 12:58 a.m. Verify ready for seat rotation
  • 12:59 a.m. Suit leak checks
  • 1:37 a.m. Hatch close
  • 1:17 a.m. Side hatch leak check
  • 2:45 a.m. Crew access arm retracts
  • 2:49 a.m. Dragon spacecraft launch escape system is armed
  • 2:52 a.m. RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins; first stage liquid oxygen loading begins
  • 3:10 a.m. Second stage liquid oxygen loading begins
  • 3:16 a.m. SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch
  • 3:27:00 a.m. Liftoff!
  • 3:28 a.m. Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
  • 3:29:28 a.m. First and second stages separate
  • 3:29:53 a.m. Second stage engine starts
  • 3:36:18 a.m. Second stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
  • 3:36 a.m. First stage landing
  • 3:39 a.m. Dragon separates from second stage
  • 3:40 a.m. Dragon nosecone open sequence begins
A Look at Key Milestones for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Mission