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Offline woods170

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Time for a SpX-2 processing thread now that the Dragon for this mission has arrived at the launch site.


Picture of Dragon and F9 005 at SLC-40!

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/537695_10152360964895131_383864606_n.jpg

FOR THE MISSION SPECIFIC DISCUSSION (NOT UPDATES), SEE THIS THREAD:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=30184.0

Please note the difference between this thread and the update thread.

Resources:

SpaceX GENERAL Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=45.0 - please use this for general questions NOT specific to SpX-2.

SpaceX MISSIONS Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=55.0 - this section is for everything specific to SpaceX missions.

SpaceX News Articles from 2006 (Including numerous exclusive Elon interviews):
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=21862.0

SpaceX News Articles (Recent):
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/spacex/


L2 SpaceX Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=tags&tags=SpaceX

L2 SpaceX Dragon C2+ Mission Special (Exclusively acquired pre-launch and Mission Coverage, Presentations, Graphics, Videos, Updates) - in the new L2 Commercial Crew and Cargo Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=54.0
« Last Edit: 12/26/2012 03:03 pm by woods170 »

Offline Moe Grills

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Time for a SpX-2 processing thread now that the Dragon for this mission has arrived at the launch site.


Picture of Dragon and F9 005 at SLC-40!

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/537695_10152360964895131_383864606_n.jpg

FOR THE MISSION SPECIFIC DISCUSSION (NOT UPDATES), SEE THIS THREAD:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=30184.0

Please note the difference between this thread and the update thread.

Resources:

SpaceX GENERAL Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=45.0 - please use this for general questions NOT specific to SpX-2.

SpaceX MISSIONS Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=55.0 - this section is for everything specific to SpaceX missions.

SpaceX News Articles from 2006 (Including numerous exclusive Elon interviews):
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=21862.0

SpaceX News Articles (Recent):
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/spacex/


L2 SpaceX Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=tags&tags=SpaceX

L2 SpaceX Dragon C2+ Mission Special (Exclusively acquired pre-launch and Mission Coverage, Presentations, Graphics, Videos, Updates) - in the new L2 Commercial Crew and Cargo Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=54.0


     I like the fact that March/01/13 is still listed as the target date
for this next launch. That's quite a show of confidence from SpaceX.
They are growing in confidence with each launch it seems.
Good of them.

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It will be interesting to see if the cargo manifest changes and look at the uniqueness/expense of any cargo removed or added.  That could indicate NASA's confidence in SpaceX's investigation and any corrective actions.  We get those manifests on L2, right?
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Today in Yahoo News they say:
       "SpaceX’s next cargo flight to the station is set for May 2013."
http://news.yahoo.com/private-space-travel-giant-leaps-2013-173812138.html
(3-d paragraph)

Is this a real delay, or just a mistype ?

Offline Ben the Space Brit

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@ smoliarm,

Given that Yahoo News aren't renowned for doing anything but republishing wire reports, I'll say 'mistype', unless we get it confirmed by someone like Space News or even the East Range.
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It seems the source for Yahoo was space.com, which has a bit more credit. Still, they have serious typos from time to time.

http://www.space.com/19086-private-space-travel-leaps-2013.html

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The authoritative list on NSF doesn't show any changes. Space.com probably got it wrong.

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Space.com just acknowledged their error and changed the date to March 2013.

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Over the holidays, #Dragon arrived at @SpaceX’s Cape hangar. Now preparing for next mission to station! pic.twitter.com/GCNULPLe

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Over the holidays, #Dragon arrived at @SpaceX’s Cape hangar. Now preparing for next mission to station! pic.twitter.com/GCNULPLe
pics now at http://spacexlaunch.zenfolio.com/p190296859
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Offline Chris Bergin

L2's CRS-2 mission section has (well, yesterday, forgot to cross-over):

SLC-40 – Falcon 9 / ISS Resupply SPX-2
Launch > 3/1 > launch window - 1010L
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L2's CRS-2 mission section has (well, yesterday, forgot to cross-over):

SLC-40 – Falcon 9 / ISS Resupply SPX-2
Launch > 3/1 > launch window - 1010L

So, that would be the first daylight launch of a full Dragon?
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L2's CRS-2 mission section has (well, yesterday, forgot to cross-over):

SLC-40 – Falcon 9 / ISS Resupply SPX-2
Launch > 3/1 > launch window - 1010L

So, that would be the first daylight launch of a full Dragon?


That would be a night launch if I'm reading it right, 6:10am.

EDIT -- take that back, would be indeed a day launch.
« Last Edit: 01/15/2013 01:53 pm by Orbiter »
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L2's CRS-2 mission section has (well, yesterday, forgot to cross-over):

SLC-40 – Falcon 9 / ISS Resupply SPX-2
Launch > 3/1 > launch window - 1010L

So, that would be the first daylight launch of a full Dragon?


That would be a night launch if I'm reading it right, 6:10am.

1010 local time, and yes to Ben.

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Great photo of @NASA astronauts with Falcon 9, helping prepare cargo for #Dragon's next trip to station http://pic.twitter.com/p6zjBHYK
 
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These vehicle arrival photos are dated Nov 9th and 12th, but I think they must have been added recently:

http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=225

Note that the 2nd stage arrived first. Not sure if one or both stages came direct from McGregor or were previously held at Hangar AO ("HangarX").

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Dragon being loaded onto it's trunk for the March 1st flight:

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Dragon being loaded onto it's trunk for the March 1st flight:

Clean suits and dust sheets up! I'm sure Jim will be pleased as punch to see the SpaceX crew looking so much more 'professional' (i.e. NASA-like) than usual.

Do my eyes deceive me or are the solar array bays open and uncovered? Does SpaceX carry out condition checks on the solar arrays during final integration?
« Last Edit: 01/21/2013 07:37 pm by Ben the Space Brit »
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Clean suits and dust sheets up! I'm sure Jim will be pleased as punch to see the SpaceX crew looking so much more 'professional' (i.e. NASA-like) than usual.

Just a good job we can't see the guy smoking behind the camera. :D
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