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Dragon CRS-2 SpX-32

Falcon 9 Block 5, SpaceX

Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Launch time

T-0

Mon 21 Apr, 10:15:45 CEST

08:15:45 UTC

The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.

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Launch probability 95%

Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule

Launch record updated by LL2

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Mission

Dragon CRS-2 SpX-32 on Falcon 9 Block 5. Mon 21 Apr 2025, 08:15:45 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Launch Complex 39A. Source: Launch Library 2.

32nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

Mission type
Resupply
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit

Programmes: Commercial Resupply Services, International Space Station

F9B5 liftoff from 39A with Cargo Dragon
Credit: SpaceX · CC BY-NC 2.0

Mission patches

  • SpaceX CRS-32 Patch

Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.

Launch timeline

Times are relative to liftoff.

  1. T-38 min

    GO for Prop Load

    Launch director verifies go for propellant load

  2. T-35 min

    Stage 1 LOX Load

    Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage

  3. T-35 min

    Prop Load

    Start of propelland loading

  4. T-16 min

    Stage 2 LOX Load

    Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage

  5. T-7 min

    Engine Chill

    Start of engine chilling

  6. T-5 min

    Dragon Internal Power

    Dragon transitions to internal power

  7. T-1 min

    Tank Press

    Fuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels

  8. T-1 min

    Startup

    The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks

  9. T-45 s

    GO for Launch

    Launch director verifies go for launch

  10. T-3 s

    Ignition

    Start of the engine ignition sequence

  11. T-0

    Liftoff

    First upwards movement of the rocket

  12. T+1 min 8 s

    Max-Q

    Maximum dynamic pressure

  13. T+2 min 14 s

    MECO

    Cut-off of the main engine

  14. T+2 min 17 s

    Stage 2 Separation

    Separation of the second stage from the first

  15. T+2 min 18 s

    SES-1

    First start of the second engine

  16. T+2 min 30 s

    Booster Boostback Burn Startup

    Start of the booster boostback burn

  17. T+3 min 25 s

    Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown

    End of the booster boostback burn

  18. T+6 min 11 s

    Entry Burn Startup

    Start of the atmospheric entry burn

  19. T+6 min 25 s

    Entry Burn Shutdown

    End of the atmospheric entry burn

  20. T+7 min 19 s

    Stage 1 Landing Burn

    Start of the first stage landing burn

  21. T+7 min 37 s

    Stage 1 Landing

    Landing of the first stage

  22. T+8 min 30 s

    SECO-1

    First cut-off of the second engine

  23. T+9 min 35 s

    Dragon Separation

    Dragon separates from the second stage

  24. T+10 min 23 s

    Dragon Nosecode Open

    Start of the opening sequence of Dragon's nosecone

Slip history

Changes recorded by Space Right Now

No changes since we started tracking on .

    Source updates from Launch Library 2 (12)

    Announcements supplied by LL2 may predate our tracking. They are separate from changes observed by Space Right Now.

    1. LL2 update

      Launch success.

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    2. LL2 update

      Liftoff.

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    3. LL2 update

      Official Webcast by NASA has started

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    4. LL2 update

      Weather 95% GO.

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    5. LL2 update

      Tweaked T-0.

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    6. LL2 update

      Updated launch weather.

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    7. LL2 update

      Adding seconds to T-0

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    8. LL2 update

      Adjusted T-0. (Also see https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-invites-media-to-spacexs-32nd-resupply-launch-to-space-station/)

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    9. LL2 update

      Added approximate launch time.

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    10. LL2 update

      Targeting April 21

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    11. LL2 update

      NET March 2025.

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    12. LL2 update

      NET December 2024. (page SO-27)

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    Launch pad

    Launch Complex 39A

    Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA (US)

    Coordinates: 28.60822681, -80.60428186

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    Launch data: The Space Devs (Launch Library 2)

    Launch plans change. Times are estimates from the source, not a guarantee of liftoff.