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The crew has opened the Node 2 hatch
Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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Houston cleared for Dragon power-up
Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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From the evening DPC.  Dragon is on ISS power/data and crew is go for ingress tomorrow.
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Jacques :-)

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From the conversations with the ISS crew, it appears that they are unloading the Dragon.

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https://www.facebook.com/131376260352637/photos/a.151275548362708.34013.131376260352637/468382619985331/?type=1&theater

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Terry Virts and I in our Dragon slaying gear (vehicle entry protection equipment) today.

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If you were hoping to hear or see any of the rodent/mice activities on ISS, don't count on it.  After extensive audio discussion of problems setting up two testing facilities this morning, once simple movement of the mice to those facilities was started, it was done in a total video/audio blackout.  CAPCOM just confirmed that video restrictions had been lifted and that both Houston and Marshall could once again be called on SG--2 because SG-3 was no longer privatized.  The fact that the test subjects would be euthanized, dissected, and frozen on orbit was grudgingly acknowledged in pre-flight briefings but apparently any coverage of those activities is considered too sensitive, disturbing, or otherwise unacceptable to the general public on the open feed...
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An update on Dragon unloading:

https://twitter.com/astrosamantha/status/592260400252592128

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Sam Cristoforetti @AstroSamantha:
10:34am - 26 Apr 15

#Dragon berthed to ISS. It's almost empty inside now - we worked hard on unloading it this past week!
pic.twitter.com/Ill2gDROXq

Edit: added tweet time
« Last Edit: 04/27/2015 06:55 am by FutureSpaceTourist »

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ISS043E125469 (04/18/2015) --- A dying sun turns the Earth gold with cities sparkling to match the stars that spread out from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Terry Verts tweeted this wondrous image with the attached comment about the stars: " See those light clusters? (center sky left and right)They are Magellanic clouds, a duo of dwarf galaxies seen from the southern hemisphere".
Jacques :-)

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Working on packing Dragon

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti packing cargo for the the Dragon cargo ferry on the International Space Station.

The spacecraft brought fresh supplies and experiments to the weightless research laboratory. Samantha has been performing experiments as diverse as studying fruit flies, investigating small particles in liquids, looking at microscopic worms and growing plants.

Samantha published this image with the text: “Working on packing Dragon...”

Follow Samantha via http://samanthacristoforetti.esa.int/

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/05/Working_on_packing_Dragon

Credit: ESA/NASA

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Classic Star Wars death star rubbish dump recreation.

Ok, maybe not.
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Classic Star Wars death star rubbish dump recreation.

Ok, maybe not.

"I think there's something alive in here"

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Is the polygon out by the Marshall Islands the trunk debris hazard zone? How about the smaller white polygon?

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Is the polygon out by the Marshall Islands the trunk debris hazard zone? How about the smaller white polygon?

Perhaps the trunk breaks apart soon after entry interface, and the lower ballistic coefficient solar panel arrays (which are made of aluminum honeycomb carbon composite sandwich, IIRC) reenter uprange from the rest of the trunk. Either that or there's an alternative splashdown zone for a non-lifting, ballistic reentry (off nominal)
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SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule is seen here docked to the Earth facing port of the Harmony module. SpaceX's sixth commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station launched on April 14th and arrived three days later. It will depart with over 3,100 pounds of research samples and equipment and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on May 21.
Jacques :-)

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Alrighty! New thread for unberthing and EOM ops next.

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37614.0
« Last Edit: 05/19/2015 04:58 pm by Chris Bergin »
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