Daily Schedule

CPEX-AW Plan of the Day

Friday, September 3
0900 - 1300 Aircraft access for instrument teams (show at 0900 sharp if you need support)
1100      Forecasting meeting, flight planning
1300      Egress training (meet at Airport – see Deployment Debrief for directions to FBO)

CPEX-AW Plan of the Day

Thursday, September 2
Hard down day

CPEX-AW Plan of the Day

0330      Aircraft open for access
0400      Pre-flight briefing (@Operations Center)                                 
0600      Doors closed
0630      Takeoff for Research Flight #6
1100      Forecasting meeting, flight planning
~1630    Land

CPEX-AW Plan of the Day

Tuesday, August 31
1100  Forecasting meeting, flight planning
1200 – 1400  Aircraft access (please show at 1200 sharp, access can be extended if necessary)
1400 – 1600  Science debriefing

Wednesday, September 1
Potential flight day (TBD)

CPEX-AW Plan of the Day:

Saturday, August 28
1130      Aircraft open for access
1200      Pre-flight briefing (@Operations Center)                                 
1410      Doors closed
1440      Takeoff for Research Flight #5
2115      Land

Friday, August 27
0900 – 1300  Aircraft access
1100  Forecasting meeting, flight planning

Saturday, August 28
Potential flight TBD

CPEX-AW Plan of the Day

Thursday, August 26 (all times local)
1030    Aircraft open for access
1100     Preflight briefing (@Operations Center)                                 
~1115     Forecasting meeting will follow the preflight briefing
1300     Doors closed
1330     Takeoff for Science Flight #4
1940    Land

Plan for Wednesday, August 18
Welcome to St Croix!!! Don’t forget to wear your mask!

Here is the CPEX-AW Plan of the Day for Wednesday, August 18:

Announcements:
  • IMPORTANTWe need everyone (specially the DC-8 crew) to keep your travel dates current on the ESPO database. We use this list to obtain work clearances at the airport. If you are not on the list, you can be potentially removed from the airfield and fined.

The airport will do random checks. Please go to espo.nasa.gov/cpex-aw  > Registration and update your travel dates ASAP  (make sure you are logged in)

  • The Ops Center is open and located in the Tamarind room
  • Health Checks:  Make sure to fill out the COVID Daily Health Check prior to arriving at AFRC or the St. Croix ops center for the day.
  • Communication:  We have two CPEX-AW WhatsApp groups
Wednesday, August 18

0830 – 1230 Aircraft access power on
1100 – Weather Debrief at the Ops Center
We will have another project debrief after the weather and flight planning. If you did not attended yesterday’s debrief, please make sure to make this one
1730 – 1830 Hotel welcomes NASA CPEX-AW campaign. Please come to the Flamboyant restaurant area for a welcome hosted by the
Carambola hotel

Hi CPEX-AW Team,

For those of you that are joining us next week, your ESPO point of contact will be Caitlin Murphy (CCed) and she can be reached at 650-680-7732.

There will be a DC-8 Egress training on Monday at 1400, and everyone flying on the DC-8 must attend.

Announcements:
  • Integration Health Checks: Make sure to fill out the COVID Daily Health Check prior to arriving at AFRC.
  • Communication: We have two CPEX-AW WhatsApp groups
    • CPEX-AW ALL for entire team communication
    • CPEX-AW Integration for quick communication while at AFRC (POD, after hour hangouts, badging questions, etc.).

Monday July 26
Lab and Hangar Access
0700 – 1700 DC-8 Crew Support
1300 Upload Tag-Up (Science Lab)
1330 Safety Brief (Science Lab) for all new arrivals
1400 DC-8 Egress Training (required to fly on the DC-8)

Hi CPEX-AW Team,

Announcements:
  • Integration Health Checks: Make sure to fill out the COVID Daily Health Check prior to arriving at AFRC.
  • Communication: We have two CPEX-AW WhatsApp groups
    • CPEX-AW ALL for entire team communication
    • CPEX-AW Integration for quick communication while at AFRC (POD, after hour hangouts, badging questions, etc.).

Friday July 23
Lab and Hangar Access
0700 – 1700 DC-8 Crew Support
1300 Upload Tag-Up (Science Lab)