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CRS-13 UPDATE thread for RNDZ, Berthing, ISS Ops and EOM
NSF Threads for CRS-13 : Discussion (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=42775.0) / Updates (http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=44271.0) / L2 Coverage November-December (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=44111.0) / ASDS (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=66.0) / Party (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=40089.msg1520968#msg1520968)
NSF Articles for CRS-13:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/?s=CRS-13
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/12/flight-proven-falcon-9-launch-flown-dragon-iss/
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/12/slc-40-comes-back-with-crs-13-static-fire/
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/12/flight-proven-falcon-9-launch-flown-dragon-iss/
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/12/crs-13-dragon-station-filled-science/
NSF Articles for CRS missions : https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/?s=CRS (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/?s=CRS)
External cargo: Space Debris Sensor, TSIS
Other SpaceX resources on NASASpaceflight:
SpaceX News Articles (Recent) (http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/spacex/) / SpaceX News Articles from 2006 (Including numerous exclusive Elon interviews) (http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=21862.0)
SpaceX Dragon Articles (http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/dragon/) / SpaceX Missions Section (with Launch Manifest and info on past and future missions) (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=55.0)
L2 SpaceX Section (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=60.0)
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NASA TV:
Dragon will reach its preliminary orbit and deploy its solar arrays. A carefully choreographed series of thruster firings will bring the spacecraft to rendezvous with the space station Sunday, Dec. 17. NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba will capture Dragon using the space station’s robotic arm. Ground controllers then will send commands to robotically install the spacecraft on the station’s Harmony module.
The Dragon spacecraft will spend approximately one month attached to the space station, returning to Earth in mid-January with results of previous experiments.
Also on Sunday, Scott Tingle of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station at 2:21 a.m. (1:21 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
NASA TV coverage for Dragon arrival and crew launch Sunday is as follows:
1:15 a.m. – (Soyuz) Launch coverage begins
4:30 a.m. – Dragon rendezvous at the space station and capture coverage
7:30 a.m. – Installation coverage
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External cargo: Space Debris Sensor, MISSE-FF, TSIS
As we have learned, MISSE-FF was planned, but wasn´t ready in time.
Now it has to wait for the next flight opprtunity.
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NASA TV coverage for Dragon arrival and crew launch Sunday is as follows:
1:15 a.m. – (Soyuz) Launch coverage begins
4:30 a.m. – Dragon rendezvous at the space station and capture coverage
7:30 a.m. – Installation coverage
NASA could be clearer with their timings ... above are EST so add 5 hours for UTC.
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Exactly what I think.
EST is not international.
BTW
Pounds is not international
Fahrenheit is not international
Feet and miles is not international
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Exactly what I think.
EST is not international.
BTW
Pounds is not international
Fahrenheit is not international
Feet and miles is not international
Not an update. Please take discussion to the appropriate thread. (see the first post)
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FEATURE ARTICLE: CRS-13 Dragon arriving at Station filled with science experiments -
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/12/crs-13-dragon-station-filled-science/
- By Chris Gebhardt, with L2 Dragon renders by Nathan Koga
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For those, like me, hoping to catch Dragon chasing down the ISS. Track is for ISS. Courtesy Heavens-Above.com Times are Eastern...
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heading out in a few NASA.com says for it to passover my house in a few, hoping to see dragon
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For those, like me, hoping to catch Dragon chasing down the ISS. Track is for ISS. Courtesy Heavens-Above.com Times are Eastern...
ISS visible horizon to horizon, no joy on Dragon
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just went out and saw both the ISS and dragon. In the sky dragon was "chasing" the ISS was very cool.
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just went out and saw both the ISS and dragon. In the sky dragon was "chasing" the ISS was very cool.
Saw the same, very cool to see ISS and Dragon in the flesh without having to leave the backyard.
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Just announced on the Soyuz coverage that Dragon is about 200km from the ISS currently. Proceeding as planned.
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1st view of Dragon spacecraft (during Soyuz MS-07 launch NASA TV coverage)
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Previously, Node-2 "Harmony" nadir CBM protective flaps were opened...
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MCC-H to Joe Acaba: "Dragon is now ~1,000 meters".
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SSRMS is ready !
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Dragon Currently holding at 250 meters.
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1st good view of Dragon.
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reorienting solar array...
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enter to KOS "Keep Out Sphere"
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C108's second visit.
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Approaching 30 meters Hold Point
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90 meters...
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80 meters
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A second ISS symbol will be added here!
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60 meters...
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From SSRMS's cam point of vue.
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50 meters...
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Under 40 meters...
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35 meters
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HP-2 "Hold Point" at 30 m, for a GO/NO GO poll (between MCC_X SpaceX mission control, in Hawthorne California and MCC-H ISS Flight Control Room, in Houston Texas).
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ISS capcom Leslie Ringo.
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Excellent beard growth! :)
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That's Morroco.
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Waiting GO/NO GO decision...
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Mark Vande Hei is prime for Dragon's capture
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Middle of the night there, so not surprising there's no crowd.
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Joe Acaba: "SSRMS is in high hover position" in preparation for Dragon capture.
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Resuming Final Approach to Capture Point.
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Under 20 meters...
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12 meters...
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Ten meters "Capture Point". !
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HD Cam!
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Dragon in Free Drift (to prevent thrusters firing) and ISS thrusters inhibited
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MCC-H "GO for capture sequence".
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In Cupola RWS, the crew (Vande Hei & Acaba) armed the SSRMS capture command and track Dragon with LEE "Latching End Effector " cam.
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SSRMS moving...
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Arm moving...
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CAPTURE !
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Capture confirmed!
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Capture at 04:57 CT, 05:57 EST, 10:57 UTC.
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MCC-H: you have the GO for safing the arm"
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Some congratulations from ISS crew
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End of NASA TV coverage
Nesxt: 7:30 a.m ET, Sunday, December 17 - Coverage of the Installation of the SpaceX/Dragon CRS-13 Cargo Craft to the ISS (all channels)
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After capture, the crew handoff robotics ops. to ROBO controllers at MCC-H.
Then, ROBO began to maneuver the SSRMS to the "Pre-Install Position" at about 3.5 Meters from Harmony Hatch.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TJ4SpSjOWc
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SSRMS in motion...
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Dragon now, in "Pre-Install Position".
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The ISS crew make a visual inspection of the CBM "Common Berthing" Mechanism" and take images downlinked to MCC-H for engineers evaluation...
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Heading to RTL.
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MCC-X is empty.
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Moving to "Ready-To-Latch-Position" (ROBO Using the CBCS "Centerline Berthing Camera System" who provide relative-state, alignment information to the SSRMS operator for robotic berthing.
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During berthing "exercice constraint" for ISS crew.
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1 meter...
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0.5 meter...
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HD view !
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Difference with the HD cam...
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Waiting RTL confirmation...
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Now, alignment: all 4 RTL "Ready-To-Latch-Indicators" must be switched to Green (indicating that Dragon was in the proper position for installation)
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"1st stage capture": close four latches and start driving bolts (SSRMS in limp-mode)
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"2nd Stage Capture": four sets of 4 bolts were driven to secure Dragon in place.
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Installed!
Great work by centaurinasa with the coverage again :)
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Dragon installed at 13.26 UTC !
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Next ISS event: Soyuz MS-07 docking...
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Congratulations to SpaceX and NASA on yet another successful delivery to the ISS. Really looking forward next year to seeing a Dragon 2 dock as well as reused Dragon’s berthing.
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https://youtu.be/1Z4cBSjuJoo (https://youtu.be/1Z4cBSjuJoo)
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After CBCS "Centerline Berthing Camera System" removal, Vestibule pressurization and leak checks (60 mn) in progress, now...
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Dragon capture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiPuoYHdmpY
Dragon berthing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWph165yMAM
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Leak checks Still in progress...
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Joe Acaba "we have good leak check"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlh1Ls6_oWE
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Pressure equalization in work...
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Joe working on CPA "Control Panel Assemblies" (used to drive the CBM Bolts) removal.
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Crew is go to start Dragon ingress procedures
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Speaking about Dragon cargo ops. on the loop, seems that crew have already ingress the capsule...
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Once initial ingress was complete, the crew members got out of the vehicle to allow the air inside the spacecraft to pass through the filtration system of ISS (to prevent any risk of foreign objects or debris that could harm the crew members during activities inside Dragon)
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Photos from Sasha Misurkin:
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Press release, 19 December 2017
Smart phone-sized experiments on the ISS - German research on the International Space Station involving immune cells, neurons and cancer cells
On 15 December at 16:36 CET (10:36 local time), the US Dragon CRS 13 capsule was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from Cape Canaveral (Florida) by a Falcon 9 rocket.
On board were three cell-culture experiments by scientists at the
Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg and the University of Hohenheim, funded by the Space Administration of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR). The biological samples will be installed in smart-phone-sized
experiment containers in the STaARS 1 research facility in the Destiny module of the ISS. They will remain in microgravity for 30 days and return to Earth in the Dragon capsule in mid January 2018, when they will be examined in the laboratory.
What happens to the immune system in space?
The human immune system is weakened during prolonged stay in space. Preliminary tests on the ISS have shown that immune cell activity is affected by changes in gravity. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for this are still not
fully known. Macrophages are the immune system’s front line of defence. These scavenger cells, which are a type of white blood cell, are responsible for attacking and destroying bacteria and other pathogens in the human body.
Scientists suspect that the reason behind the immune system's impairment is a disturbance of the cytoskeleton – the flexible inner framework structure of a cell – in the macrophages or a reduction in molecules on the cell surface. Therefore, scientists
at the University of Magdeburg aim to record long-term changes in the macrophages caused by microgravity. "Research under microgravity conditions over a prolonged period is only possible on the International Space Station," explains DLR Project manager
Michael Becker. "In the long term, the acquired knowledge will help develop countermeasures and drugs against immunodeficiency disorders. These will not only be helpful for astronauts on long-term missions in space, but also for patients on Earth."
Cancer research in microgravity
The focus of the second experiment by cell biologists from Magdeburg is on investigating thyroid cancer cells. Previous experiments have shown that in microgravity special cancer cells form a spherical group of tumour cells, called three-dimensional
multi-cellular spheroids. The effect of biochemical substances on spheroid growth, in particular, is best researched in microgravity, as gravitational forces are cancelled out under these conditions. The biochemical substances will be analysed at the
scientists’ laboratory in Magdeburg when the cells return. In addition to gene activation and deactivation, the main focus will be on investigating changes in all cell proteins to discover important signalling pathways. Knowledge of these molecular
processes will help to develop tumour-fighting measures and specific cancer drugs.
How do neurons adapt to microgravity?
For the third experiment, the team of scientists from the University of Hohenheim is exploring the effects of microgravity on neurons. Preliminary investigations have shown that the cytoskeleton of neurons is impaired by changes in gravity. This cytoskeleton
not only plays an important role in shaping the cell, but it also functions as an internal transport system for the exchange of information, such as communication between the neurons themselves.
The cytoskeleton is anchored in the cell membrane using special proteins and is jointly responsible for neuron excitability. This ISS experiment focuses on these anchor proteins. Scientists want to investigate whether these proteins change or deform
under microgravity. Additionally, the experiment is examining the changes in the distribution of so-called channel proteins. These protein molecules are used to transport ions in the cells and are therefore also essential for neuron excitability. Scientists
hope to gain knowledge regarding the development of neurons in microgravity, which is primarily relevant for astronauts on long-term missions in space.
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https://twitter.com/Go_TSIS/status/945715071191101440
Just two days until TSIS is extracted from the Dragon truck! Watch here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream ….
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https://twitter.com/Go_TSIS/status/946133052538830848
Just under 24 hours until the extraction of TSIS from the Dragon trunk begins. Tune in starting at 2p MT tomorrow: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream … #GoTSIS
Looks like 21.00 UTC.
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https://twitter.com/Go_TSIS/status/946409599413862400
It's extraction day! The ISS robotic arm is positioned above the Dragon trunk with the tools it needs to grasp TSIS in about 5 hours.
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https://twitter.com/Go_TSIS/status/946580366835425280
Hello EOTP! We'll be attached to the EOTP until installation on the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier (ELC) on Saturday.
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https://twitter.com/Go_TSIS/status/946620437634490368
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https://twitter.com/Go_TSIS/status/946770183422484488
A beautiful shot of TSIS this Colorado morning. The EOTP is providing power to the survival heaters so TSIS stays warm during today's translation.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0ObU8mV58Y
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The installation of #GoTSIS on @Space_Station has completed. We will be turning components on shortly. Yay!
https://twitter.com/go_tsis/status/947249813321498624
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It looks like Dextre is waiting for the next pullout.
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It looks like Dextre is waiting for the next pullout.
Space Debris Sensor seems to be on the end of Dextre now, at 1450 UTC. Not sure when the extraction from the trunk happened.
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It seems to be out here.
So I guess around 14.10 UTC.
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And the installation is not far away.
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It seems, that SDS is installed now. But I have missed the time.
The next task for Dextre should be the deinstallation of RapidScat.
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Dextre is now away from SDS.
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https://twitter.com/AusAndgie7/status/947841248030810113
First day of year and the International Space Station has a multi continent all day sequence of operations to remove new Space Debris Sensor from Dragon payload bay, install it on one of Europe's external platforms then remove the highly successful Rapidscat for return to Earth
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https://twitter.com/AusAndgie7/status/947841248030810113
First day of year and the International Space Station has a multi continent all day sequence of operations to remove new Space Debris Sensor from Dragon payload bay, install it on one of Europe's external platforms then remove the highly successful Rapidscat for return to Earth
I’m curious how Rapidscat is going to be returned to earth since it was carried up in the trunk.
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I’m curious how Rapidscat is going to be returned to earth since it was carried up in the trunk.
It depends on what you understand on returning to earth.
https://twitter.com/AusAndgie7/status/947904187735658496
it will return to the Earth's atmosphere in very small pieces ;-)
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https://twitter.com/AusAndgie7/status/947884749774835712
Switching completed successfully. HDEV being powered back on so no worries at all about that thermal clock and SDS will be powered on for first time!! In parallel Robotics has commenced removing Rapidscat and putting it in the Dragon trunk. Columbus EPF back to three residents!
Also to free the platform up for new external payload. Should be ASIM next hopefully.. fingers crossed! SOLAR could also be removed in the future when a fourth spot is needed
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I’m curious how Rapidscat is going to be returned to earth since it was carried up in the trunk.
It depends on what you understand on returning to earth.
https://twitter.com/AusAndgie7/status/947904187735658496
it will return to the Earth's atmosphere in very small pieces ;-)
I was being sarcastic about the tweet quoted
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iss054e002538 (Dec. 24, 2017) --- The SpaceX Dragon is pictured with the Canadarm2 robotic arm in the foreground and the Earth's limb in the background as the International Space Station soars into an orbital sunrise during Expedition 54.
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January 08, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-005
U.S. Cargo Spacecraft Set for Departure from International Space Station
After delivering more than 4,800 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft will depart the orbiting laboratory on Saturday, Jan. 13. NASA will provide live coverage of Dragon's departure beginning at 4:30 a.m. EST.
On Friday, Jan. 12, flight controllers will use the space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach Dragon from the Earth-facing side of the station's Harmony module. After Dragon is maneuvered into place, a ground-controlled command will release the spacecraft as NASA’s Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Joe Acaba and Scott Tingle monitor its departure at 5 a.m. Saturday.
Dragon’s thrusters will fire to move the spacecraft a safe distance from the station before SpaceX flight controllers in Hawthorne, California, command its deorbit burn. The spacecraft will splash down about 10:36 a.m. in the Pacific Ocean, where recovery forces will retrieve Dragon and approximately 4,100 pounds of cargo, including science samples from human and animal research, biology and biotechnology studies, physical science investigations and education activities. NASA will not provide coverage of the deorbit burn and splashdown.
NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization that manages research aboard the U.S. national laboratory portion of the space station, will receive time-sensitive samples from experiments conducted aboard the station and begin working with researchers to process and distribute them within 48 hours of splashdown.
Dragon, the only space station resupply spacecraft capable of returning science and cargo to Earth, launched Dec. 15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and arrived at the station Dec. 17 for the company’s 13th NASA-contracted commercial resupply mission to the station.
Get breaking news, images and features from the space station on social media at:
https://instagram.com/iss
and
https://www.twitter.com/Space_Station
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Cross posting from the ISS science thread (https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=12055.msg1769456#msg1769456): http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Research/See-through_metals
"[R]esearchers looked at a stand-in for metals and found organic materials, carefully chosen to be transparent while solidifying like a metal.
A first batch of mixtures arrived at the Space Station on 18 December: succinonitrile, D-camphor and neopentyl glycol were delivered by a Dragon spacecraft inside a glass-wall cartridge together with a miniature toaster. This Bridgman furnace is similar to a conveyor-belt oven found in factories or fast-food restaurants. The cartridges pass through the heating element at an agonisingly slow pace: they take upwards of two days to travel 1 mm, but the experiment will run on its own for several weeks."
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/8/2018
Dragon Operations: The crew continued with Dragon cargo loading operations. They installed a Lithium Hydroxide (LiOH) filter into the Dragon vehicle to scrub CO2 after hatch closure and completed a checkout of the Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Communication Unit (CUCU) Crew Command Panel (CCP) in preparation for Dragon release operations. Dragon hatch closure and unberth is scheduled for January 12 with release scheduled on January 13.
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/10/2018
Dragon Release On Board Training (OBT): This morning, the crew performed onboard training for this weekend’s upcoming release of the SpaceX-13 Dragon capsule. The training included the use of the Robotics On-Board Trainer (ROBoT) and a private conference with ground-based trainers.
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According to NASA "ISS On-Orbit Status Report", today Dragon cargo ops: Dragon Unberth (Egress, Node-2 vestibule ops, depress, unberth)
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Today's crew activities:
Late load return cargo stowed in Dragon
Dragon's hatch closure
Vestibule ops:
Atmosphere Revitalisation System (ARS) hose removed.
Two 1553 data cables demated.
Two power jumpers demated.
Two Data & Power Jumpers removed.
Installation of 4 CPA "Control Panel Assemblies"
Node-2 "Harmony" hatch close
Vestibule depress and leak check.
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NASA TV coverage:
"4:30 a.m., Saturday, January 13 - Coverage of the Departure of the SpaceX/Dragon CRS-13 Cargo Craft from the ISS (Release scheduled at 5 a.m. EST) (all channels)"
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/us-cargo-spacecraft-set-for-departure-from-international-space-station
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https://twitter.com/ISS_CASIS/status/951583320034463744
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NRC Quest is heading out for recovery tomorrow morning.
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Flight controllers @NASA_Johnson & @csa_asc just unberthed the @SpaceX Dragon from @Space_Station You can see #Canadarm2 move the Dragon away in this timelapse. Nice and gently. Next they will move to the overnight park position. #gospacerobots
https://twitter.com/kam_bahrami/status/951952278289899520
Edit to add video
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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-science-to-return-to-earth-aboard-spacex-dragon-spacecraft-0
"Mice from NASA’s Rodent Research-6 study also will return live to Earth for additional study."
Is this the first time living creatures have returned on a Dragon?
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https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/951958563886309376
@SpaceX
After a month-long stay at the @Space_Station, Dragon returns home tomorrow with ~4,100 pounds of @NASA cargo and research materials. https://go.nasa.gov/2DsTQ53
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Dragon C108.2 Hazard Area (https://goo.gl/ErbkUw) of Saturday's reentry.
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Dragon spacecraft already unberth...
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In "parking" position, for the night...
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Here, the complete unberthing sequence by SSRMS (operated by ROBO officer at MCC-H)
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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-science-to-return-to-earth-aboard-spacex-dragon-spacecraft-0
"Mice from NASA’s Rodent Research-6 study also will return live to Earth for additional study."
Is this the first time living creatures have returned on a Dragon?
No. Live mice have been returned in Dragons on at least 1 previous mission (CRS-11; RR-5) (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/07/reused-dragon-month-long-science-bonanza/). Other live animals may have been returned previously. Things like fruit flies or zebra fish, etc.
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The @SpaceX Dragon is at the release posn. The timelapse shows the 28min mnvr just performed! @ROBO_Seagram @csa_asc sent the mnvr command. @chris_m_francis & ROBO Heidi @NASA_Johnson monitored. In a couple hours it’ll be showtime for the 1st ground controlled release!
https://twitter.com/kam_bahrami/status/952087214284042241
Video attached
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SSRMS in postion for Dragon's release...
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NASA TV coverage in 30 mn...
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Sunrise in about 10 mn...
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The @SpaceX Dragon is at the release posn. The timelapse shows the 28min mnvr just performed! @ROBO_Seagram @csa_asc sent the mnvr command. @chris_m_francis & ROBO Heidi @NASA_Johnson monitored. In a couple hours it’ll be showtime for the 1st ground controlled release!
https://twitter.com/kam_bahrami/status/952087214284042241
Video attached
Wow, they are trying out controlling the release from the ground instead of by astronauts on board the station this time. I assume it's to save on crew time, but will they eventually be willing to run VV departure ops without a crewmember manning the CUCU Crew Command Panel (CCP)? If not, how does ground command of the release reduce crew needs? Is it maybe reducing from a 2-man operation to 1-man?
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Sunrise...
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Looks like there is a second Dragon spacecraft in the background... ;D
(end of Solar Array in fact)
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Joe Acaba and Scott Tingle are already inside the cupola, monitoring Dragon’s departure.and Leslie Ringo is the Capcom at MCC Houston
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First release opportunity start at 10.58 UTC
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NTV coverage begin.
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This time it's ROBO and not ISS crew (only on "hot" backup, in case of...), That will send the release command...
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Talking about a trouble (seems dark) with monitor three in Cupola Robotic Work Station....
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Dragon in free drift (with its thrusters inhibited)
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The crew are responsible for initiating the Dragon departure once #Canadarm2 has maneuvered clear of it.
https://twitter.com/kam_bahrami/status/952113591133519872
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Houston is GO for departure
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Release command expected about 9:58 am UTC, so about 4 mins time
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ISS thrusters inhibited and GO for release
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ROBO officer send the command to open snares of LEE.
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“Station, Houston Standby for release”
“Proceeding with release”
“Release commanded”
Edit to add: right on time at 09:58 UTC, ISS was to the South of Australia
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Snares open...
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Release
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Arm backing away from Dragon, which remains in free drift
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SSRMS moved in safe standoff
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Dragon depart commanded, first Dragon departure burn happening
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Departure burn 1
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Departure burn 1 (8s) complete. Burn 2 now in less than a minutes time
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Departure burn 2 underway
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Burn 2 complete, burn 3 in about 7 mins
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ISS thrusters enabled
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First ground controlled robotics release of a @SpaceX Dragon was just performed with no issues!!! Video of the MSS Systems officer @ROBO_Seagram sending the commands is coming soon. The whole team deserves congrats! @hkkwj and @chris_m_francis well done!!!
https://twitter.com/kam_bahrami/status/952119860942725120
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Departure burn 3 is complete, Dragon is outside the keep-out sphere (so over 300m clear of ISS)
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Dragon is Outside Approach Ellipsoid
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NASA TV coverage ending, now that final departure checkpoint achieved.
Thanks to centaurinasa for coverage and great images.
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De-orbit expected at 14:43 UTC, with splashdown about 15:36. (As per usual, no NASA TV coverage.)
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End of NASA TV coverage.
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Now,Dragon is in 5-hour free flight, in front of ISS...
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CUCU ("COTS UHF Communications Unit") deactivation by Joe Acaba
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ISS configuration updated...
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Video of MSS Systems @ROBO_Seagram commanding the 1st ground controlled robotic release of @SpaceX Dragon from @Space_Station ROBO @hkkwj & MSS Task @chris_m_francis were the other two members of the ROBO team. Congrats guys! You made us proud!
https://twitter.com/kam_bahrami/status/952126202281590785
I’ll attach video shortly - it’s quite large
Edit to add:
Actually the command was sent from @csa_asc in Canada!
https://twitter.com/kam_bahrami/status/952126207918858240
Further edit to be accurate:
Yeah, it can be confusing since the ROBO (CX2) team is stationed @NASA_Johnson and @csa_asc Our commands do get piped through JSC so you were kinda right, but the initiating mouse click was from up here. Thanks for the correction!
https://twitter.com/kam_bahrami/status/952131128919388160
The mouse click is in the attached video
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Video of MSS Systems @ROBO_Seagram commanding the 1st ground controlled robotic release of @SpaceX Dragon from @Space_Station ROBO @hkkwj & MSS Task @chris_m_francis were the other two members of the ROBO team. Congrats guys! You made us proud!
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Great coverage guys!
Article for this EOM - ahead of splashdown:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/01/spacexs-crs-13-dragon-home/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE6_TEfwSx0
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According to the timeline (~ L-1h30) Dragon GNC (guidance, navigation & control) bay door closed and latched for re-entry, right now...
http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/05/16/dragon-guidance-navigation-control-gnc-bay
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Then, controllers at MCC_X SpaceX mission control, in Hawthorne California , will command Dragon attitude change for the deorbit burn...
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15.43 UTC Deorbit burn !
(~10 mn Draco thrusters retrograde firing)
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Deorbit burn complete (slowing Dragon by about 100 m/s), then Dragon moved in attitude for Trunk sep.
Waiting confirmation from Space X...
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Always per the timeline, Trunk jettisoned right now...
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Dragon's deorbit burn is complete and trunk has been jettisoned. Pacific Ocean splashdown in ~30 minutes.
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/952194509596536832
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EI (Entry Interface) , Dragon's PICA-X Heat Shield support temperatures of ~ 1,600°C
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Entry interface Followed by the traditionnal black out,
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About 10 minutes before Splashdown, at 13.7 km, Dragon opens its dual Drogue Chutes slowing the capsule before main chutes deployment...
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Altitude 3000 meters: 3 Main chutes deployed.
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succesful drogue deployement-
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/952201650084618240
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And there are the mains!
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/952201956906344448
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Capsule landing speed expected between 17 to 20 Km/h...
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15.36 UTC, SPLASHDOWN !
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succesful splashdown confirmed!!
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/952203503916630016
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SPLASHDOWN CONFIRMED!
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/01/spacexs-crs-13-dragon-home/
Great coverage centaurinasa! :)
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Just after splashdown, the recovery ships are on their way to the landing site...
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And as usual, after recovery of the capsule, she will be brought to the Port of Long Beach for initial post-saving steps and removal of time-critical cargo.
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Congrats to .Space X teams for another successfull CRS mission !! :)
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congrats to all involved with this CRS mission who have worked countless hours!! :) :D ;D
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Seems like the mission duration is 29 jrs 00 hrs 00 mn. 8)
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According to data on MarineTraffic.com it appears that NRC Quest had picked up Dragon and was heading back to port within about 75 mins of splashdown.
Current (loose) ETA in port is very late tomorrow night (UTC) time or mid-afternoon local time. I suspect there’s a large error bound on that though.
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Dragon is headed to port with ~4,100 pounds of scientific research and hardware for a cargo handover to @NASA.
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/952296758582718464
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Great article gentlemen and thank you for the excellent coverage! :)
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Great job, everyone. Routine excellence all around...SpaceX and NSF, notably.
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Roye Renfrew posted some pics on Twitter of the Dragon SpX-13 release seen from Mission Control
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NRC Quest is now West of Catalina Island. I guestimate to be at least 4 hours out from port.
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Dragon has arrived.
NRC QUEST
arrived at
Port LOS ANGELES
at 2018-01-14 18:49 Local Time (2018-01-15 02:49 UTC)
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Nice shot from Saturday:
The Dragon spacecraft is pictured soon after its release from the International Space Station on Saturday.
https://twitter.com/LiNa8294/status/952498877105451008 (https://twitter.com/LiNa8294/status/952498877105451008)
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SPX-13 continues to provide, here's a patch for the Tetranite Bone Adhesive experiment flown for @LaunchPadMed. There will be science coming back when it (again!) arrives at Long Beach.
https://twitter.com/ticklestuffyo/status/950946730249351168
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180203/877324edb615a3c52fb2078eb2e95535.jpg)
Edit/Lar: Readers appreciate it when tweets are quoted. added the tweet, in quote tags.