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Space station now in free-drift was called on radio.

Quote from: Ben Honey
To clarify one more time: ISS never goes free drift at all. Only Dragon does.

https://twitter.com/spaceguy87/status/719123354511286273

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Crew is now moving into a mid-day meal.(lunch) So, taking a break. Then berthing in a couple hours. 8:45am cst.

Edit: Coverage coming to end. Just recapping times now. Coverage will resume in 130 minutes for berthing activities.
« Last Edit: 04/10/2016 11:35 am by mlow »

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SpaceX CRS-8 - Rendezvous and Capture of the Dragon Cargo Craft at the ISS
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9814
« Last Edit: 04/10/2016 12:14 pm by John44 »

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Archived video from USStream of rendez-vous and capture (starts at 53 minutes):

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/85480833
« Last Edit: 04/10/2016 01:08 pm by yg1968 »

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Coverage now live on NASA TV
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Almost in position for phase 1 berthing.

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Approximately 15cm from first capture.
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"Just about at the ready to latch position."

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Space station now in free-drift was called on radio.

Quote from: Ben Honey
To clarify one more time: ISS never goes free drift at all. Only Dragon does.

https://twitter.com/spaceguy87/status/719123354511286273

(NASA flight controller for the International Space Station. BS in Aerospace Eng from ERAU. Specialist in guidance system operations.)

FYI I've opened this up as a question in the ISS Q+A thread.
« Last Edit: 04/10/2016 01:43 pm by ChrisC »
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Just a few cm apart now.

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2cm
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Ready to latch!
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1st stage capture.
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Call from Tim Peake was made about error when giving command. Command Capture Reject.(yellow triangle)

Houston gave recommendation to resend command.
« Last Edit: 04/10/2016 01:57 pm by mlow »

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2nd stage capture complete,  Dragon now berthed at ISS.
“The light bulb wasn’t invented by continuously improving the candle…it was about understanding what the job to be done was and then stepping back to look for solutions to solve this”

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