DOCKING OF CREW-6 TO THE ISS, Mar 3, 2023, Earth orbit, 1:17 am ET

Update, March 1: The launch has been rescheduled for March 2 at 12:34 am ET.

If the launch is on time, they will dock with the ISS on March 3 at 1:17 am ET, with NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and docking beginning on March 2 at 11:30 pm ET.

The full schedule as of 3:30 pm ET on March 1 is:

Thursday, March 2

Update, February 27:  The launch was scrubbed at T-2:14 due to a problem with the TEA-TEB ignition fluid for the Merlin engines.

Update, February 25: Docking is scheduled for February 28 at 2:38 am ET.  Here is the most current list of events:

Tuesday, Feb. 28

12:45 a.m. – NASA TV arrival coverage begins

2:38 a.m. – Docking to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module

4:25 a.m. – Hatch opening

5:10 a.m. – Welcome ceremony

Update, February 21: The launch has been delayed a day to February 27, so the docking also will be delayed. We’ll post a new docking time when it’s announced.

Original Entry: If launch of Crew-6 is on time on February 26 at 2:07 am ET, they will dock at the International Space Station on February 27 at 2:54 am ET.

Crew-6 is composed of NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

The schedule for NASA TV coverage of docking and the welcome ceremony is as follows:

• 1 a.m. – NASA TV arrival coverage begins
• 2:54 a.m. – Docking to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module
• 4:35 a.m. – Hatch opening
• 5:20 a.m. – Welcome ceremony