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The data from the Static Fire test of the integrated Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon stack will feed into the final review of the flow, known as the Launch Readiness Review (LRR) \u2013 which will ultimately confirm the launch date.<\/p>\n
The FRR, however, has historically been the most important meeting on the path toward the launch of a crewed mission. Such reviews were a major element of approving the Space Shuttle for upcoming missions.<\/p>\n
The DM-1 FRR process followed a similar path, with numerous reviews taking place ahead of the main FRR. This path would have been followed this week with the Demo-2 (DM-2) FRR, albeit with the additional pressure of two humans on board.<\/p>\n
During the Shuttle Program, departmental FRRs would take place around a month ahead of a mission, allowing key elements such as \u201cOrbiter\u201d and \u201cMOD\u201d (Mission Operations Directorate) to review the specifics of their roles in a mission and cover any issues from the previous flight.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nA slide from STS-132\u2019s Agency FRR (via L2).<\/p>\n
Each presentation went into great depth for every element of the mission relating to that department, with some presentations being several hundred pages long. *L2 members can download hundreds of Shuttle FRR presentations here*<\/p>\n
Those FRRs would then combine in a large-scale Space Shuttle Program (SSP) FRR, which brought together all of the previous departments into a Program-level review at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).<\/p>\n
Once that review was passed, the final hurdle was the Agency-Level FRR, which took all the findings of the previous FRRs, most notably the Shuttle FRR, and reviewed them with NASA HQ and the ISS partners.<\/p>\n
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This would lead to final polling at the end of the meeting to provide the mission a \u201cgo\u201d to proceed to the launch date.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nA rare view inside an SSP FRR \u2013 via NASA<\/p>\n
Normally, \u201cAction Items\u201d found during the previous FRRs would have been cleared by the time of the Agency FRR. However, if one of the FRRs suffered from a \u201cno go\u201d during polling, the option to reconvene was provided by the Delta FRR.<\/p>\n
For Demo-2, the start and finish of the process saw a \u201csign off\u201d via two pieces of documentation. The first, signed by Commercial Crew Program (CCP) manager Kathy Lueders was SpaceX\u2019s \u201cHuman Rating Certification Package\u201d which became part of the FRR.<\/p>\n
The review began on Thursday, with teams from SpaceX, NASA and the International Space Station Program all present.<\/p>\n
Steve Jurczyk, NASA Associate Administrator, led the review, with Hans Koenigsmann, vice president for Build and Flight Reliability, as SpaceX\u2019s lead representation.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nThe Demo-2 FRR being conducted at KSC \u2013 via NASA<\/p>\n
The key item reviews were presented by Ms. Lueders for the CCP, Kirk Shireman, manager for the International Space Station Program at NASA.<\/p>\n
On the SpaceX side, Mr. Koenigsmann was supported by Joe Petrzelka, the Senior Director of Dragon Engineering at SpaceX, Bala Ramamurthy, the Demo-2 Launch Chief Engineer at SpaceX, and Benji Reed, Director of Crew Mission Management at SpaceX.<\/p>\n