Quote from: FinalFrontier on 05/24/2012 04:24 pmGrapple is supposed to occur sometime around 8:00 am CST.Your confusion begins by not living in the US and understanding our timezones We are on Daylight Saving Time, so in Houston it is CDT (one hour ahead of CST.)
Grapple is supposed to occur sometime around 8:00 am CST.
I think the grapple is for Friday while the hatch opening is for Saturday. They worded it weirdly, and that threw me off as well. But if you check the header, it indicates that the hatch opening is Saturday AM.
Quote from: Diagoras on 05/24/2012 06:09 pmI think the grapple is for Friday while the hatch opening is for Saturday. They worded it weirdly, and that threw me off as well. But if you check the header, it indicates that the hatch opening is Saturday AM.Meaning the grapple should be at 9 Am eastern Fri, hatch open Sat 5 Am?
FRIDAY MORNING – Final Approach, Dragon Grapple Sometime around 6:00 AM Pacific/9:00 AM Eastern, astronauts on the space station will grapple Dragon with the space station’s robotic arm and the spacecraft will attach to the station. SATURDAY MORNING – Hatch Opening If all goes well, at approximately 2:00 AM Pacific/5:00 AM Eastern, the crew will start procedures to open Dragon’s hatch.
Is there any way to update the acronym list or something? I forgot what DCE and all the other burns and so forth mean.I just went thru the thread again, but no could find.
You've got CUCU labelled at CUCO. Other than that I don't see anything wrong.
... D is "Descending" in the above list, which would be the same as Forward, that is, the thruster exhaust is pointed in the direction of motion.
Quote from: Comga on 05/24/2012 07:22 pm... D is "Descending" in the above list, which would be the same as Forward, that is, the thruster exhaust is pointed in the direction of motion. A descending burn would move to a lower orbit, which would require a burn against the direction of motion. The lower orbit would also be faster, so the effect would be to "speed up". Orbital mechanics - tricky stuff.I actually guessed that "D" in this case stood for "departure", but I have no evidence either way so I am quite prepared to believe "descending" also.
Quote from: dunderwood on 05/24/2012 07:09 pmYou've got CUCU labelled at CUCO. Other than that I don't see anything wrong.Thanks. Fixed.Any definitions that you folks want added?
Some great pics of Dragon here http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/7263995866/in/photostream/