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SpaceX Vehicles and Missions => SpaceX Missions Section => Topic started by: Chris Bergin on 06/03/2015 01:30 pm
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MAIN UPDATE ONLY LAUNCH UPDATE THREAD for the CRS-7/SpX-7 Dragon Mission to the ISS.
Any posts that are not updates will be removed. Other threads are available, see below.
June 28 at 10:21 Eastern.
ASDS ARTICLE:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/06/spacex-augments-upgrades-drone-ship-armada/
STATIC FIRE ARTICLE:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/06/spacex-static-fire-falcon-9-crs7-mission/
LAUNCH DAY ARTICLE:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/06/falcon-9-crs-7-dragon-commute-orbit/
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Resources:
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/
Dragon Articles:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/dragon/
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SpaceX GENERAL Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=45.0 - please use this for general questions NOT specific to this mission.
SpaceX MISSIONS Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=55.0 - this section is for everything specific to SpaceX missions.
SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - CRS-7/SpX-7 DISCUSSION THREAD:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37476.0
Party Thread:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37749.0
CRS-7 ASDS Landing Bingo:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37737.0
Please Focus ASDS comments to the threads in this section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=66.0
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L2 SpaceX Section - now a dedicated full section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=55.0
Dedicated L2 CRS-7/SpX-7:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37611.0
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Static Fire on the books for June 17 NET.
Now 26th post slip.
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And we believe the ASDS for this flight just arrived in Jacksonville and it is *not* the "Just Read the Instructions". We should get more details on Saturday.
EDIT: I should have written "not the MARMAC 300" (which is the ASDS who handled the previous landing attempts). The MARMAC 304 is currently tied up in Jacksonville, but it might in fact inherit the "Just Read the Instructions" name. At the moment there is no name painted on it.
EDIT for the benefit of latecomers to the thread: as it turns out the MARMAC 304 did not inherit the JRtI name; it is named "Of Course I Still Love You".
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June 11, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY M16-15
Deadline Moved Up for Media Accreditation for Next SpaceX Station Resupply Launch
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
The media accreditation deadline has been moved up for the June 26 launch of NASA's next commercial cargo resupply mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida to the International Space Station.
Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at CCAFS and nearby at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. For international media without U.S. citizenship, accreditation is open until noon on June 16 for Kennedy access only. The deadline for U.S. media to apply for credentials is now noon on June 15.
All media accreditation requests must be submitted online at:
https://media.ksc.nasa.gov
All media representatives must present two forms of unexpired legal, government identification to access Kennedy. One form must be a photo ID, such as a passport or driver's license. Questions about accreditation should be directed to Jennifer Horner at [email protected] or 321-867-6598.
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket at approximately 11:09 a.m. EDT on the company’s seventh NASA-contracted cargo mission and its eighth visit to the station. The flight will deliver several tons of supplies, such as new science experiments and technology research, as well as the first of two International Docking Adapters. These adapters will be installed on the station to facilitate docking of commercial crew spacecraft, including the Boeing CST-100 and SpaceX Crew Dragon.
For more information about the SpaceX resupply mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/spacex
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Static Fire on the books for June 17 NET.
Now the 24th on the L2 Cape schedules.
Natural flow alignment. 17th was rather early in the first place.
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Chris also posted about this in L2, so Looks like a 2 day slip...
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This was confirmed on today's NASA TV ISS coverage. Rendezvous and berthing on June 30.
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This was confirmed on today's NASA TV ISS coverage. Rendezvous and berthing on June 30.
Do you have a link for that schedule? As of 12:06 Eastern on 19 June, the schedule here www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html was still showing the 29th of June for the berthing coverage.
Thanks
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Yeah, sorry - it wasn't a usual channel for the overnight info, so that's why I didn't post out of L2 (where we check info), but clearly it's official now.
It is vehicle related, so I'll see where things stand with the Static Fire.
And it did, the 26th for the Static Fire.
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This was confirmed on today's NASA TV ISS coverage. Rendezvous and berthing on June 30.
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As expected, the Static Fire has slipped in line with the launch date slip.
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June 19, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-15
NASA TV Coverage Set for Seventh SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station
NASA commercial partner SpaceX currently is targeting Sunday, June 28, for the launch of its seventh cargo delivery to the International Space Station under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 9 a.m. EDT.
The company’s Falcon 9 rocket will lift off at 10:21 a.m. carrying its Dragon cargo spacecraft to the station from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Dragon spacecraft will be filled with more than 4,000 pounds of supplies and payloads, including critical materials for the science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 44 and 45.
In addition to launch coverage, NASA also will host a series of prelaunch news conferences and events on Friday, June 26, and Thursday, June 27, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All briefings will air live on NASA TV and the agency's website.
Science payloads will offer new insight to combustion in microgravity, perform the first space-based observations of meteors entering Earth’s atmosphere, continue solving potential crew health risks and make new strides toward being able to grow food in space. Research continues to support the twins study and one-year mission investigations with NASA astronaut Scott Kelly.
This mission also is launching more than 30 student experiments, all of which are flying to the U.S. National Laboratory managed by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS).
The first of two International Docking Adapters for the station will be delivered in Dragon’s unpressurized trunk. The adapters will enable space station docking of commercial crew spacecraft, including the Boeing CST-100 and SpaceX Crew Dragon.
A Sunday launch will result in the Dragon spacecraft arriving at the space station on Tuesday, June 30. Expedition 44 Flight Engineer Scott Kelly of NASA will use the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to reach out and capture Dragon at approximately 7 a.m. Station commander Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will support Kelly as they operate from the station's cupola.
NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and grapple of Dragon will begin at 5:30 a.m. Coverage of Dragon's installation to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module will begin at 8:30 a.m.
If the launch does not occur on Sunday, the next launch opportunity would be at 9:58 a.m. on Monday, June 29, resulting in a grapple and berthing on Thursday, July 2.
After more than five weeks at the space station, the spacecraft will return with more than 1,400 pounds of cargo, including science experiments, crew supplies, hardware and computer resources, space station hardware, and trash.
The deadline for media to apply for accreditation has passed. For more information about media accreditation, contact Jennifer Horner at 321-867-6598 or [email protected]
PRESS ACCREDITATION OFFICE HOURS OF OPERATION
Badges will be issued at the Press Accreditation Office located on State Road 3, Merritt Island. Badging hours of operation are as follows:
Friday, June 26: 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. and noon – 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 27: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sunday, June 28: 1:30 a.m. – 3 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
For more information about media accreditation, contact Jennifer Horner at 321-867-6598 or [email protected]
PRESS SITE HOURS OF OPERATION
The NASA Press Site at Kennedy will be open as follows:
Friday, June 26: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 27: 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 28: 2 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Monday, June 29: In the event of a 24-hour scrub, 1:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
NASA SOCIAL
Friday, June 26 – Sunday, June 28: Morning check-in time for Friday is 8 a.m. Up to 50 social media representatives were invited to cover launch. The Kennedy Press Site Annex will serve as their home base, and they will view launch from the NASA Causeway. Social media will attend the same Press Site activities as the traditional news media. Social media representatives will attend pad viewing at 3:30 a.m. from Universal Camera Site 3 and may have additional stops.
ISS SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PANEL ON NASA TV
Friday, June 26 (L-2 days): An ISS Science, Research and Technology briefing will be held at Kennedy’s Press Site at 1 p.m. NASA Television will provide live coverage, as well as streaming Internet coverage.
Participants will be:
•Dr. Julie Robinson, chief program scientist, International Space Station, NASA’s Johnson Space Center
•Dr. Michael B. Stenger, principal investigator, Fluid Shifts, Wyle Science Technology and Engineering Group, Houston
•Dr. Alessandro Grattoni, principal investigator, Microchannel Diffusion, Houston Methodist Research Institute, for the Center for the Advancement for Science in Space (CASIS)
•CASIS representative TBD
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTER/COMMERCIAL CREW/PRELAUNCH PANEL ON NASA TV
Saturday, June 27 (L-1 day): A briefing covering the International Docking Adapter, Commercial Crew and a prelaunch status will be held at Kennedy’s Press Site at 2 p.m. EDT. NASA Television will provide live coverage, as well as streaming Internet coverage.
Participants will be:
•International Space Station Program representative TBD
•Commercial Crew Program representative TBD
•Chris Ferguson, Crew and Mission Systems director, Boeing
•Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of Mission Assurance, SpaceX
•Kathy Winters, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron
POST-LAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE ON NASA TV
Sunday, June 28: A post-launch news conference will be held at approximately 90 minutes after launch. NASA Television will provide live coverage, as well as streaming Internet coverage.
Participants in the post-launch news conference will be:
•International Space Station representative TBD
•Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of Mission Assurance, SpaceX
NEWS MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA TOURS
News and social media participants will receive tours of various facilities and receive briefings about upcoming NASA and commercial partner activities.
Thermal Protection System Facility (TPSF)
Friday, June 26 (L-2 Days): News media will depart the Press Site by bus at 8:30 a.m. for a tour of the TPSF and an update and return at 10:45 a.m. Social media will depart the Press Site by bus at 10:15 a.m. and return at 11:45 a.m. Representatives from Orion, Sierra Nevada Corporation and SpaceX will be participating. Media interested in attending the tour inside the TPSF must RSVP via email to Jennifer Horner at [email protected] by noon on Thursday, June 25.
Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) Platform
Friday, June 26 (L-2 Days): News media and social media will depart the Press Site by bus at 2:45 p.m. and return at 4:30 p.m.
Space Station Processing Facility
Saturday, June 27 (L-1 Day): News media and social media will depart the Press Site by bus at noon and return at 1:50 p.m. The tour inside the SSPF will include an update on Nitrogen Oxygen Recharge System (NORS), the International Docking Adaptor and research labs Veggie and Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC), all flying up on CRS-7.
REMOTE CAMERA SETUPS AND FALCON 9 LAUNCH PAD PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
Sunday, June 28 (Launch Day): There will be photo opportunity of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule on the launch pad, and media will be able to establish sound-activated remote cameras at the launch pad. The location is within Space Launch Complex 40 on the east side of the complex outside the pad perimeter fence. Timing for remote camera set up is TBD.
NEWS AND SOCIAL MEDIA LAUNCH VIEWING
Sunday, June 28 (Launch Day): News media and social media may view the launch from the NASA Causeway. Busses for news media and social media will depart from the Press Site parking lot for the NASA Causeway at 9 a.m. A sign-up sheet will be available in the newsroom for news media desiring to photograph the launch from the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The space available is limited, and media must sign up in person. Departure from the NASA News Center for the VAB will be at 9:15 a.m.
NASA TV LAUNCH COVERAGE
Sunday, June 28 (Launch day): NASA TV live coverage will begin at 9 a.m. EDT and conclude at approximately 11 a.m. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Audio only of the news conferences and launch coverage will be carried on the NASA “V” circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or -7135. On launch day, "mission audio," the launch conductor’s countdown activities without NASA TV launch commentary, will be carried on 321-867-7135 starting at 8:30 a.m. Launch also will be available on local amateur VHF radio frequency 146.940 MHz heard within Brevard County on the Space Coast.
IN-FLIGHT NASA TV COVERAGE
If launch occurs June 28, NASA TV will provide live coverage June 30 of the arrival of the Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station. Grapple and berthing coverage will begin at 5:30 a.m. EDT with grapple at approximately 7 a.m.
NASA WEB PRELAUNCH AND LAUNCH COVERAGE
Prelaunch and launch day coverage of the SpaceX CRS-7 flight will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming and text updates beginning at 9 a.m. as the countdown milestones occur. On-demand streaming video, podcast and photos of the launch will be available shortly after liftoff. For questions about countdown coverage, contact Joshua Santora at 321-867-6357. You can follow countdown coverage on our launch blog and learn more about the SpaceX CRS-7 mission by going to the mission home page at:
http://www.nasa.gov/SpaceX
TWITTER
The Kennedy Twitter feed will be updated throughout the launch countdown. To access the feed, visit:
http://www.twitter.com/NASAKennedy
FACEBOOK
The Kennedy Facebook feed will be updated throughout the launch countdown. To access the feed, visit:
http://www.facebook.com/NASAKennedy
RECORDED STATUS
Recorded status reports on the launch of SpaceX CRS-7 and associated prelaunch activities will be provided on the Kennedy media phone line starting Thursday, June 25. The telephone number is 321-867-2525.
WIRELESS CAPABILITY
Wireless capability for the news media is available at the Kennedy Press Site.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For video b-roll and other International Space Station media resources, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/stationnews
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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Static fire set for June 26 1300-2100Z. https://i.imgur.com/Kv7fK5C.png
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Mission overview (2-pager) now available. Gives cargo and research highlights:
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs7_mission_overview.pdf (http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs7_mission_overview.pdf)
(copy also attached)
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Map for CRS-7, it's a slightly different shape compared to CRS-6 but it's mostly the same. Here's Google format where you can toggle CRS-6 for comparison and click on items for more data/links. https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zXmjsQgIEPtk.kSyT9f2SlzlM
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Something from SpaceX's new Instagram account (https://instagram.com/spacex): New drone ship ready for Sunday's rocket landing attempt.
https://instagram.com/p/4U7-5Xl8cZ/
edit: SpaceX uploaded a larger version to their flickr acct. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacexphotos/19128420045/in/dateposted/) h/t to xpete for finding it.
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NASA Kennedy / KSC @NASAKennedy
Weather forecasters predict 90% chance of favorable weather for the @SpaceX's June 28th 10:21 a.m. launch of Dragon
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That's "favorable".
Static Fire on track for tomorrow after the F9 and CRS-7 Dragon resolved their argument. ;D
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And here is the forecast:
Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 10%
Primary concern(s): Cumulus Cloud Rule
24-hour delay probability of violating launch weather constraints: 30%
Primary concern(s): Cumulus Cloud Rule, Flight through Precipitation
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Mission patch. The seven stars match the mission number.
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Press kit for CRS-7 now available (27 pages):
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_nasa_crs-7_presskit.pdf (http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_nasa_crs-7_presskit.pdf)
(copy also attached)
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Behind schedule, but F9 is now on the pad. Probably about two hours from the Static Fire.
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Also, there is a NASA TV presser at the top of the hour. A recording will be posted here for those who can't watch live.
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Static Fire! 4pm Eastern!
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/06/spacex-static-fire-falcon-9-crs7-mission/
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Launch Operations Forecast
Vehicle: Falcon 9 Dragon CRS-7
Issued: 26 Jun 2015 / 1230 UTC (0830 EDT)
Valid: 28 Jun 2015 / 1421 UTC (1021 EDT)
Synoptic Discussion: Afternoon thunderstorms will continue to favor the eastern portions of Central Florida for the next several days. Upper level cyclonic flow will slowly push southward along with a surface boundary over the next few days. Also the Bermuda ridge axis will remain south of the Spaceport, keeping winds southwesterly. These winds will hold the thunderstorm-triggering sea breeze over the Space Coast. These factors combine to keep lightning chances high, though generally not until mid-afternoon and evening. Given the time of the launch, the weather violation threat is low, with the concern being early cumulus cloud development. Max winds will be southwest at 25 knots at 30,000 feet.
On Monday, conditions worsen slightly as the upper trough and surface boundary push further south and into northern Florida. The added instability could create unsettled weather even in the morning hours. The primary launch weather concern remains a risk of cumulus clouds with the addition of flight through precipitation. Maximum upper-level winds will be 30 knots from the southwest near 35,000 feet.
Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints:
10%
Primary concern(s):
Cumulus Cloud Rule
24-hour delay probability of violating launch weather constraints:
30%
Primary concern(s):
Cumulus Cloud Rule, Flight through Precipitation
http://www.patrick.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070716-028.pdf
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SpaceX/Dragon CRS-7 - Prelaunch News Conference
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9470
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SpaceX International Space Station Pre Launch Science Tech Briefing from NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Published on Jun 26, 2015
NASA and commercial partner SpaceX discuss the seventh cargo delivery to the International Space Station under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. The Falcon 9 rocket being prepared for a June 28 launch will carry its Dragon cargo spacecraft to the station from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Dragon spacecraft is filled with more than 4,000 pounds of supplies and payloads, including critical materials for the science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 44 and 45. The science payloads on board offer new insight into combustion in microgravity, perform the first space-based observations of meteors entering Earth’s atmosphere, continue solving potential crew health risks and make new strides toward being able to grow food in space. Also to be discussed is a mission to launch more than 30 student experiments, all of which are flying under the U.S. National Laboratory managed by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). After more than five weeks at the space station, the spacecraft will return with more than 1,400 pounds of cargo, including science experiments, crew supplies, hardware and computer resources, space station hardware, and trash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJt6AA2lFRs
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After seven successful missions to the International Space Station, including six official resupply missions for NASA, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are set to liftoff from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, for their seventh official Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the orbiting lab. Liftoff is targeted for Sunday, June 28, 2015, at 10:21am ET. If all goes as planned, Dragon will arrive at the station approximately two days after liftoff. Dragon is expected to return to Earth approximately five weeks later for a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of southern California. Dragon is the only operational spacecraft capable of returning a significant amount of supplies back to Earth, including experiments.
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L-1 Day – Forecast Remains 90 Percent ‘Go’
27 June 2015, 16:45:40 Steven Siceloff
With one day until launch of SpaceX’s seventh commercial resupply mission, U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron forecasters are predicting a 90 percent chance of favorable conditions for lift off. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are scheduled to launch at 10:21 a.m. EDT, Sunday, June 28, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch coverage on NASA television and the NASA Launch Blog will begin at 9 a.m.
The cargo includes the first of two International Docking Adapters, pictured, that will be connected to the space station to provide a place for Commercial Crew spacecraft carrying astronauts to dock to the orbiting laboratory.
Today NASA will host a panel discussion about the future of the International Space Station at 2 p.m. NASA Television will provide live coverage and streaming Internet coverage at http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv (http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv). Participants are:
Heidi Smith and John Weiler, students, Bell Middle School, Golden, Colorado, who have an investigation flying as part of the Center for the Advancement for Science in Space (CASIS) National Design Challenge
Bill Dowdell, International Space Station Program, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Lisa Colloredo, associate program manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Chris Ferguson, director of Crew and Mission Systems, Commercial Crew Division, The Boeing Company
Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of Mission Assurance, SpaceX
The Dragon spacecraft will be filled with more than 4,000 pounds of pressurized supplies and payloads, including critical materials for the science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 44 and 45. Science payloads will offer new insight to combustion in microgravity, perform the first space-based observations of meteors entering Earth’s atmosphere, continue solving potential crew health risks and make new strides toward being able to grow food in space. Research continues to support the twins study and one-year mission investigations with NASA astronaut Scott Kelly.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2015/06/27/l-1-day-forecast-remains-90-percent-go/ (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2015/06/27/l-1-day-forecast-remains-90-percent-go/)
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International Docking Adapter/Commercial Crew Panel
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9471
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Converted to the launch day thread
LAUNCH DAY ARTICLE - by William Graham
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/06/falcon-9-crs-7-dragon-commute-orbit/
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For those who want to watch the launch on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeiBFtkrZEw
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Nice shot from Trevor Mahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) about an hour ago. Go Dragon!
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All nominal so far. Into fuelling ops around now.
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And we believe this is a live image from KSC's account, so that would confirm fuelling :)
EDIT: Yes, live. Fuelling confirmed.
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Larger version of fuelling pic
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NASA Kennedy / KSC @NASAKennedy
Dragon perched on top of @SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket ready for launch to @Space_Station later this morning.
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Some nice shots from last night: CRS7 on the Pad
Photos taken during remote camera setup for the CRS7 Falcon9 rocket launch.
Photo credit: Michael Seeley (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mseeley1/)
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NASA Kennedy / KSC @NASAKennedy
Good morning from the Cape! @SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket w/#Dragon is prepped for launch targeted at 10:21 a.m. ET
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L-120 minutes, sports fans!
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Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper
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Here we go!
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There they are!
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Start of coverage.
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FTS checks with the Range completed. All data links good.
Weather update next.
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On the pad.
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Both stages nicely venting.
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Another view.
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From the water.
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Steve talking about the IDA going uphill in Dragon's Trunk.
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Steve Bigos talking about IDA.
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IDA when it arrived at KSC.
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IDA before delivery.
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Jacobs - who seem to have their fingers in many pies - working with the checkout.
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There's Rafaello in the background.
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IDA 2 was delivered this week.
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During the docked phase, Dextre - Canada's useful robot in space - will do the install work.
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T-1 hour 10 minutes.
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Nice sunny day in Florida.
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If you look really closely, you can see the ASDS in the distance.
(Not really ;) )
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Of Course I Still Love You
"Of Course I Still Love You" drone ship moving into position for Sunday's rocket landing attempt.
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CASIS video.
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Sending worms into space!
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L-60 minutes!
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T-60 minutes. Standing by for weather briefing.
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Good conditions for the launch AND the landing.
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Weather is go.
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View from the causeway
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T-55 minutes.
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Gioia Massa talking about sending Chinese lettuce into space.
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Preparation of Red Roman Lettuce from previous flight.
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Harvesting the lettuce.
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T-45 minutes.
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large image where you can see asds view
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SpaceX control showing video from the drone ship.
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MCC-X.
There will be a clue about a good landing via their reactions.
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SpaceX mission control.
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T-40 minutes.
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T-35 minutes.
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T-30 mins!
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T-30 minutes.
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Press Site view (thanks to a friend)
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No issues being worked as they close in on the business end of the count. Polling at T-13 mins.
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Not working any issues.
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Roadblocks have been established.
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T-25 minutes.
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Time to get down with that SpaceX funky music!
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Time to get down with that SpaceX funky music!
Super! I'll stick with NTV and we'll have the bases covered.
T-20 mins!
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T-20 minutes.
SpaceX has started coverage.
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All nominal heading into the poll to enter the terminal count.
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New time bar.
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Pre-polling is a go ahead of the main poll.
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T-15 minutes.
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Nice SpaceX feed close shot
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Polling to enter the terminal count.
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Polling is go to proceed to the terminal count.
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T-13 minutes. Performing poll.
Go to initiate terminal count.
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T-12 minutes.
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T-12 mins. 120 seconds to the terminal count.
A hold inside this point will be an automatic scrub.
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T-11 minutes. Got a bit of Dalek distortion there.
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T-10 mins. Into the terminal count.
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Recorders started. Configure to flight.
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Engines into chill.
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T-10 minutes. Into terminal count.
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T-9 minutes.
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Dragon to internal power.
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T-8 minutes. Dragon is on internal power.
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Huge crowd at MCC-X.
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T-7 mins.
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T-7 minutes. Stage 1 heaters closing out.
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ISS Crew are watching live.
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TVC into bleed.
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Into press for strongback retract.
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T-6 minutes. Tanks pressing for strongback retract.
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T-5 minutes. Cradle retracting.
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Cradle open. Strongback retracting.
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T-4 minutes. Strongback retracting.
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T-180 seconds!
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FTS internal.
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FTS armed and strongback is pinned.
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LD GO FOR LAUNCH.
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T-3 minutes. Strongback fully retracted.
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RANGE GREEN.
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T-2 minutes. Range green.
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T-60 seconds. Go Falcon 9! Go Dragon!
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T-1 minute. Falcon is in startup.
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ISS flying over Turkey.
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LAUNCH!!!
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Liftoff!
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T+1 minute.
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MaxQ
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Great view!
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Drone ship has AOS!
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T+2 minutes. Speed in m/s please!
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WOAH!!!!
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Oh SHIT! RUD!
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LOV?
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Oh, no ...
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NO!!!!
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Failure.
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oh oh
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Whoa!!! What happened?!
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LV Failure!
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T+3 minutes. Did the vehicle break up?
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Blew up.
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Looks like I saw the capsule drop off prior to event.
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Gone
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Oh dear!
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did anyone else notice higher vibrations of rocket earlier?
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Looked like a problem at staging
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Looks like it exploded. Something did seem to fall away just beforehand.
SpaceX commentary is just open mike.
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Guests off, obviously.
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Oh no!
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Back to the pad.
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You have to be kidding me...
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Non nominal flight.
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That was the range safety charges if I've ever seen them in action. Bad luck for SpaceX and even worse for the ISS Program that has been having some serious bad luck of late.
[edit]
Fix'd typo
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Ok keep the posts to updates. I know the reaction was obvious, but let's not have 50 pages of "no!". We need to focus.
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confirmed broken up in flight.
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Range confirms vehicle was destroyed. FTS was activated but unclear whether vehicle had already disintegrated
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ISS is in real trouble now. Dragon down, Cygnus down, Progress down, and no more ATV. I suspect we'll start to see de-crew discussions soon.
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I thought I saw the Dragon come off too, before the explosion.
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ISS is in real trouble now. Dragon down, Cygnus down, Progress down, and no more ATV. I suspect we'll start to see de-crew discussions soon.
Maybe HTV can be moved up?
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Looked like structural failure of the tanks rather than propulsion.
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"Some type of anomaly."
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Looks like dragon separated
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SpaceX coverage has ended. No funky music.
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Anyone got the timing?
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Looked like structural failure of the tanks rather than propulsion.
Agreed and that is what made me think it was the FTS prior to any actual explosive problems on the vehicle. Anything we say prior to the presser is speculation but a GNC failure leading to a RSO decision is an obvious possibility.
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End of live webcast.
Confirmed good operations after liftoff until anomaly in stage 1.
Staging not mentioned.
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Launch pad is being secured.
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I thought I saw a lot more vapor than usual coming off the second stage than usual.
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Watching from my home on Merritt Island.
It appeared the Falcon pitched over a bit, broke up then a few seconds later a second break up event.
Was watching with naked eyes, so no details.
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Anyone got the timing?
Rewind right to +2:18, You can see the explosion start at the FRONT of the craft, and it looks like the Dragon pops off at +2:20.
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Dragon in the debris cloud
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Anyone know with certainty whether Dragon can parachute safely back, if it remained intact?
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SpaceX/Dragon CRS-7 - Launch
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9472
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The moment everything goes wrong:
(http://i.imgur.com/SYwUIbI.gif)
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Dragon did pop off early in the explosion, Any chances of recovery?
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Watching from my home on Merritt Island.
It appeared the Falcon pitched over a bit, broke up then a few seconds later a second break up event.
Was watching with naked eyes, so no details.
Interesting; TVC failure on one or more of the Merlin-1ds, perhaps?
Anyone know with certainty whether Dragon can parachute safely back, if it remained intact?
Hypothetically, I suppose so. However, I don't know if the on-board computers are programmed for that contingency.
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SpaceX replaying launch report now...
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FWIW, I'm sure I also heard a call (twice) that the ASDS had lost data, maybe 30 seconds prior.
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Just seen the replay on Sky News. Totally nominal, then it LOOKS LIKE a structural failure up at the region of the second stage, and I think I can see the Merlins still burning for several seconds inside the cloud...
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Range confirms loss of vehicle. Lost at 2:19. Not exactly sure what happened.
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What was the last call before breakup, Mvac prechill? Looks like the vehicle got engulfed in a LOX cloud from the front. S2 tank/Mvac failure?
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Wasn't MVac chilldown announced just prior to the event?
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Youtube replay of launch with marker a few seconds before the start of RUD.
edit: sorry seems the marker doesnt work here. It's 23min 34s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeiBFtkrZEw&feature=youtu.be&t=23m34s
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Aircraft to be in the area in about six minutes. Debris impacted down range.
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Dragon or atleast a Dragon shaped object is certainly visible JUST before the big failure at 2:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K030HRTutU
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Earliest frame I could grab of the anomaly.
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Totally nominal, then it LOOKS LIKE a structural failure up at the region of the second stage, and I think I can see the Merlins still burning for several seconds inside the cloud...
Agree. I'd expect 1st stage rapid depress to cause quick collapse at that G level and M1d shutdown due to loss of head pressure. Kinda looks like the 2nd stage let go and then the Dragon got thrown away.
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Two clear pictures:
1: Engines have turned off
2: Explosion in front
3: Engines actually still on
EDIT: Engines off is arguable probably.
EDIT2: I take back the engines-off. Explosion starts at front and works backwards, and is more like rapid expansion of propellant.
Since engines are on, does that mean no FTS? In that case, structural?
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Elon Musk @elonmusk 4m4 minutes ago
Falcon 9 experienced a problem shortly before first stage shutdown. Will provide more info as soon as we review the data.
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There's definitely a huge cloud of vapour coming from the second stage while the first stage is still firing.
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End of coverage by NASA TV.
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Mishap anomaly teams are putting data together, correlate time lines, put together some clues as to what happened. Still not clear what happened.
Contingency press conference at 12:30 pm EDT.
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12:30 pm ET presser
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End of NASA coverage.
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12:30 pm ET presser
NET 1230
Could be later than that.
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No earlier than 12:30 Eastern -- we'll see if that holds.
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12:30 pm ET presser
18:30 CEST (earliest) for those on the other side of pond.
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Remember - updates only. The discussion thread is HERE:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37476
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press site, clock kept on going....
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First photos....
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Footage of the full launch, from three minutes before lift-off:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLdU1v09zKk
(Including the first responses in the NASASpaceflight.com-update thread)
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Quoting Elon on Twitter
"There was an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank. Data suggests counterintuitive cause."
He then replied to himself.
That's all we can say with confidence right now. Will have more to say following a thorough fault tree analysis.
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That video above is well done, thanks!
We'll return to this update thread for the post-failure presser. For that I'd rather have duplicate notes on what is said than miss something, so you can all chip in with quotes, etc.
30 mins past the hour is the ETA for the presser.
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Press brief pushed back to 1250 ET
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Don't know if the link to the press conference has been previously posted but this is where I find it
Delete my post if found to be incorrect or duplicate
https://nasatv-lh.akamaihd.net/i/[email protected]/master.m3u8
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NET 1250 EDT.
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June 28, 2015
RELEASE 15-140
NASA Administrator Statement on the Loss of SpaceX CRS-7
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the loss Sunday of the SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services 7 (CRS-7) mission.
“We are disappointed in the loss of the latest SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. However, the astronauts are safe aboard the station and have sufficient supplies for the next several months. We will work closely with SpaceX to understand what happened, fix the problem and return to flight. The commercial cargo program was designed to accommodate loss of cargo vehicles. We will continue operation of the station in a safe and effective way as we continue to use it as our test bed for preparing for longer duration missions farther into the solar system.
“A Progress vehicle is ready to launch July 3, followed in August by a Japanese HTV flight. Orbital ATK, our other commercial cargo partner, is moving ahead with plans for its next launch later this year.
“SpaceX has demonstrated extraordinary capabilities in its first six cargo resupply missions to the station, and we know they can replicate that success. We will work with and support SpaceX to assess what happened, understand the specifics of the failure and correct it to move forward. This is a reminder that spaceflight is an incredible challenge, but we learn from each success and each setback. Today's launch attempt will not deter us from our ambitious human spaceflight program.”
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Press conference is now NET 1 pm.
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Now presser NET 1PM EDT
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That video above is well done, thanks!
You're welcome Chris. It will stay on Youtube "for ever" (I don't delete anything) so feel free to link to it.
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Good overview of what was on board (and hence lost...) http://www.spaceflight101.com/dragon-spx-7-cargo-overview.html
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Presser starting
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Everybody looking in rough shape...
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couple to fill in
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GS: First stage flight was successful until 139 seconds. Collecting data for the next few hours. Don't expect issue with the first stage. Pressure issue in the second stage.
Dragon telemetry continued.
We will fix it and return to flight.
No safety issues.
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Telemetry received from Dragon after breakup
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Gerst: This is not where I wanted to be on a Sunday afternoon, but space flight is challenging. Notes the recent loses. No commonality other than it's space and it's difficult.
SpaceX and ISS team performed very well today. Continue to monitor. ISS fine on orbit. In good shape on food and water. Spare Multi-filtration bed was on this flight, need to watch that. Lost a spacesuit, lost the IDA, lost a lot of research.
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Next Soyuz can still go up. Still some open work on the Progress failure.
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"I thought we'd lose some vehicles, but not all of them in a year" - Gerst.
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"It is not easy and it's not routine".
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From Gerst, its not easy, but some people take it for granted but it is not easy to operate in this frontier.
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We'd always assumed we would lose a vehicle every so often .. having three this close together is not what we hoped for but we were logistically positioned
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Losses include the IDA, a space suit, one IDA comms (of two) and a lot of experiments.
Hinting that Progress cargo might be reshuffled
also that HTV cargo might be shuffled, and the Orbital flight might be pulled forward if possible.
Frustrating to lose student and other experiments
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Suff: Disappointing loss. Always assumed we'd lose a vehicle at some point. Three this close together is not what we hoped for.
Still have another IDA. Progress will have a lot of food and water. HTV may have some adjustments. May pull up the Cygnus flight.
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Mike: It's not whether you stumble or fall, it's what you do after...
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Will still crew ISS at 6.
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some research hardware will need to be recovered, as well as ISS hardware. it IS a big loss but as a program, things are healthy and research will continue, and we are not going to decrew, going to six again soon
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Pam with the FAA: It was under their licences. Classing it as a mishap. SpaceX and FAA will investigate. Have people on site right now.
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Pam Underwood: Activity was conducted under launch license, info currently says classified as a mishap. Investigation will be conducted by AFEX (sp) with FAA oversight.
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faa rep
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questions
Irene Klotz(sp) Reuters: Gwynne: you have been pushing launch rate improvements, you got certified for USAF, anything different you did and any impacts?
Gwynne: Nothing stands out as different. Not ready to speculate about get back to flight position. But we are in an extraordinary position to determine what happens, we own it all and we will find it.
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GS: Don't know what it will take to get back to flight (too early). Majority of the vehicle is SpaceX, so no need to go through contracts etc.
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GS: Should not impact any program they have ongoing (Crew). It is a reminder how difficult this is. Don't want to have dodged a bullet in the past.
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James Dean FT: Gwynne, can you tell how this will affect Commercial Crew, will it shake confidence?
G: this is a tough business, have to consider loss in planning. don't anticipate impact to any program, we must find and fix the failure and we will get back to flight. it is a reminder of how difficult this is. we will spare no effort to find and fix. no change in plans, customers are loyal and confident. A hiccup, a time to pause, but no changes.
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Gerst: we can learn from cargo and use it to feed into crew. so, we can understand what the problem or concern is, we get to learn with a bit more risk acceptable (cargo) and apply to crew.
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To early to make statements on commercial crew timeline. Need to know what the failure was.
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Morgan Spurlock CNN: Bill, does this impact Crew timeline, current is 2017.. will the timeline be affected?
Gerst: too early to say for sure. Once we understand the failure we will know better. But failure is a chance to find flaw or weakness that we might not have seen. no impact at all to overall development timeline. First let SpaceX and FAA and NASA find the cause. might even help.
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They've lost a few items that were rebuilt after ORB-3 and flown on this one - and were destroyed again.
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someone from Fox: Mike: what's the impact on students from now losing experiments TWICE.. first on Antares and now this...
Mike: A valuable lesson, setbacks happen but keep trying, keep recovering. We had crew provisions that we have now lost twice too... Orb3 and Progress ... we had the filtration bed that we lost twice too... but we will keep doing this.
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Stand down won't be a year, it'll be a matter of months.
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Allen Boyle(?) : will SpaceX have to stand down ALL flights or just Dragon? (to Gwynne and Pam)
Gwynne: given the license we are in charge of anomaly investigation but will leverage FAA and Air Force. Once we find it, we wil submit to FAA which will consider it prior to next flight. Number of months maybe, not a year, delaywise.
Pam: all agreed. then bureaucratese saying she agrees too.. no timeframe speculation! proper investigation paramount.
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Seth Borenstein(?) from AP: Gerst: why isn't this a delay for Progress? given three failures, what makes you decide it is safe, or decide to delay
Gerst: Overall consumables, we are good from food/water/living supplies. and we have research to do, we need additional crew as there is a shortage of research time. .. we need to move forward. DO need to go through FRR, and understand the progress failure, and that it doesn't cross over into crew on the Soyuz. Prudent to keep moving forward. Do the research. We are learning a lot, and sending a lot of data back.
Mike: We fly ISS to study not just human microgravity for exploration, but also research across the board, if the system can suppport the crew, do the job, job 1 is reasearch. We have consumables till late oct even with no other flights. we need more crew to do repairs and logistics so we can do ore research. IF the time comes we have vehicles there to bring folks home safely.
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Ken Chang(?) from NYT: Elon tweeted an overpressure in 2S LOX, then two events
Gwynne: No more data than that, teams are poring the data now. No speculation from me. Don't know root cause, Elon tweeted that's all we know
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Can someone confirm what Shotwell just said?
I heard: "We indeed had a pressurization event... something something WHO caused that" rather than "WHAT" which is what I was expecting to hear.
EDIT: Ok, rewind helped. She said "We don't know [the] root cause [of] that".
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Jason Mumble from SpaceFLight Insider: Congress voted to cut crew.. will this give them more ammo?
Gerst: important to keep moving forward. We need full funding for crew. Tech prolbems are difficult but doable. 3 differnt providers losing craft proves this is difficult. We need funding at the requested levels. Cuts slow the work as it cuts how much we can do. We need the funding at the level we requested. work gets delayed or compressed (which is worse... need time to work items) we need the funding at the level requested (yes he said that more than once). You can't delay and then catch up so we need the funding level
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GS Doesn't believe there was a FTS signal.
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someone from a tv station: Was there a FTS signal
Gwynne; not sure there was a destruct signal
(wow!)
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No destruct signal was sent that Gwynne is aware of.
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Talking about the water, per:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/06/spacex-static-fire-falcon-9-crs7-mission/
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Suff: Nothing to be rushed over for the Russian Progress launch for transport to ISS.
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Perlman(?) from Collectspace.com: any rush to get items to progress for this friday? can you talk to the water bed separator issue?
Mike: It's loaded. as of now, nothing so important we would rush it to the russians.. we will think but not as of now. Water filtration: we have a system, we monitor it, we check constituents, the multifiltration beds are getting full of stuff, when they get full we bring samples home for further analysys. No crew risk at now but getting close to limits where we would stop using the processor and use water stocks. Some time left yet though... if we don't use the processor we are still OK on water till october or later. the HTV has a lot of water, as does the Progress.. sadly this is the second set of filtration beds we lost and the pipeline isn't that fast, won't be ready for August HTV.
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Likely will not have the multi filtration beds ready for the August HTV flight but they will work hard to get them ready as soon as possible.
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They want to advance Cygnus from December to October, but they need to discuss it.
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Antares rocket likely available next spring.
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Frank Boring from AvWeek: Gerst, you have redundant capability but tell us about OrbATK... Atlas flight and Antares return
Gerst: OrbitalATK are working well with ULA to get on Atlas, scheduled for December, but will work to see if we can pull forward, as early as october if doable and manifest allows it. pleased with tech progress. built an adapter, analysis of loads (cygnus on A5) going well. Antares engine work is done , pad repairs going well, should support some test flights within the year. Probably Antares flys again next spring. OrbATK is very resourceful. Sat experience on many vehicles really helped a lot. Weren't sure they could, but pleased now that it's more improtant, their creativity in working with others is very beneficial. the strategy benefit shows.. multiple providers, robustness... failure is not easy but we are going to recover. teams overcome, learn, get better. Overall plan for OrbATK is solid
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space.com reporter: Bill and Mike, specific timelines for supplies, and how much does Progress extend the dates.
Mike: we show a date in october now, but we are conservative, end of october is doable. Progress adds a month
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Successful Progress mission will add a month to the logistics timeline.
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Eric Burger() from Houston Chronicle: Is NASA going to switch to leader/follower or stay with two full options for Crew
Gerst: Our philosophy is sound. VERY important to have two concurrent, leader/follower negates the benefit. Can't pick a winner anyway... 3 separate entities all experienced failures. who would have predicted we would lost these three vehicles in this order. How can you be sure who is leader and who is follower? Proves this is difficult to predict. Two providers in parallel is the right approach ... stay the course
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Support boats for ASDS searching for debris.
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ROSCOSMOS expresses sympathy for SpaceX in connection with the accident http://www.federalspace.ru/21551/ , Falcon 9 PH
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Steven clark spaceflight now : Dragon is the only downmass vehicle. Mike, comments? Gwynne: any debris recovered?
Mike: Freezers getting full is an issue, but SPX6 just departed, emptied the freezers, need ot look to see how long they will last (may juggle stuff to not generate as much) SPX7 was going to bring trash as we didn't have a full downmass load...
Gwynne: Recovery? we sent vehicles out, there are other assets out looking and we are redeploying to try to gather and return any debris, any thing found might be helpful. We had a meeting an hour ago to talk about this, and other things. another meeting in another hour to see about debris.. Elon loves to tweet so you will hear as soon as we know. But we don't want to speculate on causes and not hav eto retract.
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Could use one IDA and delay direct handover if they don't have two IDA's installed by the time they launch commercial crew. There was plans for a third IDA to be built.
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Ken Cramer Universe Today: what is the priority on debris recovery? Mike/Bill is one IDA enoguh and how are you going to replace?
Gwynne: It is a priority. All assets deployed. no idea if we find useful things but we will look at everything we find
Mike: Second IDA was for SPX9. Overall plan is to have two docking ports so we can swithc to direct handover (6-9-6 instead of 6-3-6) ... if we don't have the second IDA when crew flies, we stick to 6-3-6 ... but we have parts for a third IDA and will start working it
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CBS reporter: how much does it cost to launch
Gwynne: Nope, we don't talk about costs
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At four months of good supplies. They have to get 45 days to zero day before decrew.
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Keith Cowling: For Mike: talk about skip cycle, in old plans you could have two failures,
Mike: we have evolved from skip cycle, but we try to protect for 6 months on orbit, about 45 days before zero it is time for crew return planning. We are at 4 months, but trying to get back up to 6, and do research, plan was to be back to 6 by end of year, but now we need to replan. if we don't have a vehicle soon though we will be planning this about 75 days out from now. But we are not yet in that position. vehicles to fly to ISS are in queue although we have work to do to get spares built and up there.
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Anya RT america: Gerst mentioned need for funding, what is the dependency? how does it help
Gerst: We have one crew provider. We want a US provider to augment. Preferably two. We want to end sole reliance on russians. Two dissimilar means or even 3. Want to get to 3 means.
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SpaceJunkle: Mike how will loss of an EMU affect outside activity
Mike: we planned to bring home 3011 which had the pump pulled. We may replace the pump and keep it operational. There are 3 other EMUs on board. if we can sort the anomaly with the pump we would be ok for a while but we'd rather get new units up there as some EMUS are getting old
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There was a camera in the LOX tank on the FIRST stage, but not the second stage - which is where the problem was.
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Stephany someone from HuffPo: Gwynne, previous vids showed stuff. do you have vid in the S2 LOX tank?
Gwynne: don't think we had S2 LOX cam, we did have S1 LOX cam, we have over 3000 telemetry channels and will look at whaever we can. we will look at everythyihng
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Miriam Cramer from Mashable: How large of a debris field are you looking at? how big?
Gwynne: no estimate but will ask recovery team
Pam: no idea either
(there was a radar image posted before that suggested a large field)
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Dragon LAS would have saved the crew in this event.
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Caltech NASA social: will commercial dragon have abort to save cargo and crew and experiments
Gwynne: escape system would have taken astronauts away after an anomaly like this... would have handled a far more energeetic event... not a first stage issue. Dragon telemetry after the event ... it survived dfor a while
sorry that the transcript was a bit ragged toward the end I was half a question behind
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Presser over. So remember to keep follow ups on the discussion thread. Updates only here.
Will continue to modify the article on site, but will write a standalone based on updates later.
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321 867 2121 is the debris hotline, if you find any please call! conference ends
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if you missed anything....
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So this is our current baseline article for the mission and its loss:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/06/falcon-9-crs-7-dragon-commute-orbit/
More articles to follow as more information arises.
This is an update only thread and only updates should be posted in here - and when I say updates, I mean information updates, not "I've heard a rumor" tweets.
Thanks!
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http://www.patrick.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123452110
by 45th Space Wing
Public Affairs
6/28/2015 - CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. -- After a successful liftoff from the Eastern Range, 45th Space Wing, Space X and NASA officials experienced an anomaly of the Falcon 9 CRS-7 mission June 28 at approximately 148 seconds into flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
Range officials are currently evaluating the data to determine the exact cause of the anomaly and additional information will be released as it becomes available.
The anomaly occurred over the Atlantic Ocean and as a result of tide movement over the next several hours, debris may begin washing ashore. If you spot debris in the water or see it washed up anywhere along the Eastern Florida shore report it to either NASA's debris reporting hotline at 321-867-2121 or Patrick Air Force Base at 321-494-7001 or contact your nearest local law enforcement official. Do not attempt to pick it up or make cell phone calls near it. Gather all information that clearly identifies its location of the debris but only do so after leaving the area. Some of the debris may be toxic or explosive in nature and may be potentially hazardous, which is why it needs to be reported to and handled by trained professionals. Additionally, please keep in mind that all debris is considered part of an official investigation.
The exact cause of today's anomaly is currently under investigation.
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SpaceX/Dragon CRS-7 - Post-Launch News Conference
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9474
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YouTube version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxqZOb68mrA
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Is there a cargo manifest available for CRS-7? Previous SpaceX flights have published them but all I've seen is the very high level 2 sentence mention in the press kit
http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_nasa_crs-7_presskit.pdf
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Is there a cargo manifest available for CRS-7? Previous SpaceX flights have published them but all I've seen is the very high level 2 sentence mention in the press kit
http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_nasa_crs-7_presskit.pdf (http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_nasa_crs-7_presskit.pdf)
Not all that detailed, but it is broken down a little:
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs7_mission_overview.pdf (http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs7_mission_overview.pdf)
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Is there a cargo manifest available for CRS-7? Previous SpaceX flights have published them but all I've seen is the very high level 2 sentence mention in the press kit
http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_nasa_crs-7_presskit.pdf (http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_nasa_crs-7_presskit.pdf)
Not all that detailed, but it is broken down a little:
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs7_mission_overview.pdf (http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs7_mission_overview.pdf)
Have not seen any published with a further breakdown by weight or categories (though SpaceX/NASA must have them for internal use), but Spaceflight101 have at least compiled more information about payloads including the spacesuit, dove-cubesats and more: http://www.spaceflight101.com/dragon-spx-7-cargo-overview.html
Also worth mentioning that some of the cargo were re-flights of things lost in the other recent launch failures, like for example some of the student experiments, a set of multi-filtration beds, some of the crew supplies etc. (Some crew supplies are specific to the individual astronauts, like for example crew-choice food, crew-selected/sized clothing, etc).
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Not good.
Quote from Elon on Twitter
Cause still unknown after several thousand engineering-hours of review. Now parsing data with a hex editor to recover final milliseconds.
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SpaceX Debris Recovery Hotline
Steven Siceloff June 29, 2015
SpaceX has established a recovery hotline and email address for anyone who finds debris from the SpaceX CRS-7 mission. The phone number should be active by 4 p.m. EDT.
Debris Recovery Hotline: 866-392-0035
Debris Recovery Email: [email protected]
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2015/06/29/spacex-debris-recovery-hotline/
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With the Gulf Stream and the relatively late occurrence of this failure, folks in the Carolinas (North since it sticks out further) should keep an eye out at the beach.
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SpaceX officials confirmed today that although a range safety destruct signal was sent to the Falcon 9 rocket yesterday, it was 70 seconds too late. The "mishap" had already occurred and the signal played no role in the loss of the vehicle.
Source : spacepolicyonline.com : Range Safety Destruct Signal Was Sent To Falcon 9, But Too Late (http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/range-safety-destruct-signal-was-sent-to-falcon-9-but-too-late)
Also included this more-or-less informed speculation:
Financial analyst Chris Quilty of Raymond James & Associates said today that he is betting on a 4-6 month delay "which shouldn't be tremendously impactful" to the companies whose satellites are on SpaceX's manifest.
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More detailed manifest released from NASA (via SpaceflightNow):
* Crew Supplies — 690 kilograms (1,521 pounds)
- 92 Food BOBs, 2 Bonus Food Kits, 2 Fresh Food Kits
- Crew Provisions, Crew Care, ODF
* Utilization — 573 kilograms (1,263 pounds)
- Canadian Space Agency: Vascular Echo Exercise Band
- European Space Agency: Circadian Rhythms, KUBIK EBOXes,
Interface Plate, EPO Peake, BioLab, Spheroids, EMCS RBLSS,
Airway Mon., LiOH Cartridge
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency: Atomization, Biological Rhythms,
Multi-omics, Cell Mechanosensing 3, Plant Gravity Sensing 3, SAIBO L&M,
Space Pup, Stem Cells, MSPR LM, Group Combustion Camera
- US: 2 Polars, 6 DCBs and Ice Bricks, 1 MERLIN, FCF/HRF Resupply,
HRP Resupply [Kits, MCT, Microbiome, Twin Studies], IMAX Camera,
Meteor, Micro-9, MSG Resupply, NanoRacks Modules & 0.5 NRCSD #7,
Universal Battery Charger, Veg-03, Microbial Observatory-1,
Microchannel Diffusion Experiment, Wetlab RNA Smartcycler, SCK,
Story Time, MELFI TDR Batteries
* Computer Resources — 36 kilograms (79 pounds)
- Projector Screen, Sidekick, OCT Laptop & Power Supply, 32GB MicroSD
Cards, Generic USB Cables, Power Modules and Card Readers, Preloaded
T61p Hard Drives, CD Stowage Container, Network Attached Storage Devices,
XF305 Camcorders, RS-422 Adapter Cables
* Vehicle Hardware — 462 kilograms (1,018 pounds)
- CHECS CMS: HRM Watches, Bench Lock Studs, Glenn Harness for
Kelly, Kopra and Peake
- CHECS EHS: CO2 Monitoring Assemblies, Filter Assemblies,
CSA-CP/CDM Battery Assemblies, SIECE Cartridge Assemblies,
Water Kit, Petri Dish Packets
- CHECS HMS: IMAKs, Oral Med Packs
- C&T: C2V2 Communications Unit (and HTV-5 Unit Data Converter)
- ECLSS: 3 Pretreat Tanks, Filter Inserts, 9 KTOs, UPA FCPA, CDRS ASV,
IMV Valve, Wring Collector, Water Sampling Kits, OGS ACTEX Filter,
ARFTA Brine Filter Assemblies, O2/N2 Pressure Sensor, NORS O2 Tank,
3 PBA Assemblies, 2 MF Beds, 2 Urine Receptacles, Toilet Paper
Packages, H2 Sensor, Ammonia Cartridge Bag, PTU XFER Hose
- EPS: 2 Avionics Restart Cables
- Makita Drill, PWD Filter, N3 Bulkhead Connectors, Yellow/Red
Adapters, IWIS Plates, 6.0 & 4.0 Waste Xfer Bags, BEAM Ground
Straps, JEM Stowage Wire Kit
* EVA Hardware — 167 kilograms (368 pounds)
- SEMU, REBA, EMU Ion Filters (4), Equipment Tethers, Gas Grap,
EMU Mirrors, Crew Lock Bags, SEMU arms/legs
Lindgren/Yui ECOKs & CCAs, Lindgren LCVG
Kelly LCVG, Padalka EMU Gloves
* Russian Cargo
- Russian Segment Torque Wrench
* Unpressurized Cargo — 526 kilograms (1,159 pounds)
- IDA #1
Edit: Fornatting + removed (redundant) quote
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http://www.bgr.in/news/international-space-station-astronauts-to-get-vr-headsets/
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More detailed manifest released from NASA (via SpaceflightNow):
Lindgren/Yui ECOKs & CCAs, Lindgren LCVG
Kelly LCVG,
Edit: Fornatting + removed (redundant) quote
For the experts. The ECOKs contain specific EVA items (cooling suits, gloves, etc) for each US crew member, correct? With those lost, only Scott has those items. Does that prevent any US EVA until replacements arrive? If available (not disposed of) could items for recently departed crew members be used? Obviously loss of the IDA eliminates the planned EVA but could this effect a contigency EVA after Lindgren and Yui arrive?
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An update from the discussion thread:
Obviously you all want an update from SpaceX, but you know what I'm going to say, it's an investigation and there is a due process for such things. Elon may tweet something soon, but the investigation path is not short and key updates will have to communicated along the line to areas such as stakeholders, customers and partners.
I'm enjoying the debate on this thread. Most of it is educated. I wish it wasn't about a lost vehicle of ours, but it is and we appreciate the patience, understanding and support from this site's community.
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Weather Radar Tracks Debris From The Falcon 9 CRS-7 Launch Failure
Published on Jun 30, 2015
Weather Radar Tracks Debris From The Falcon 9 CRS-7 Launch Failure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIOoZ9pz0r4
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Frequently Asked Questions on the Loss of SpaceX CRS-7
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/frequently-asked-questions-on-the-loss-of-spacex-crs-7
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"Expect to reach preliminary conclusions regarding last flight by end of week. Will brief key customers & FAA, then post on our website." - @elonmusk
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/617851905969127425
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Some more info tidbits...
http://spacenews.com/musk-no-clear-explanation-yet-for-falcon-9-failure/
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Did I miss some details or some other comment from SpaceX today? There had been hints of more information being available by week's end.
All I've seen new recently is the LA Times article laying out the costs borne by NASA vs what is borne by SpaceX (80/20)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-space-station-hearing-20150709-story.html
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Quoting this note from the discussion thread, since it qualifies as an update, however small...
Just a note that Gwynne Shotwell spoke at my company's all-hands today. She was quite entertaining, and in addition to showing some videos, mostly answered questions about culture and talent management at a rapidly growing firm. Her primary comment on CRS-7 was something along the lines that "failure sucks". The only other hint she gave was, when talking about costs ("I don't know how to build a $400 million rocket" - heh), she didn't think the solution was going to be very expensive. FWIW.
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Tweet from Elon:
Model S product call at 11 today. Rocket discussion at noon on Monday.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/622065785268088834 (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/622065785268088834)
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SpaceX is hosting a 30-minute telecon for members of the media at noon PDT/3pm EDT on Monday, July 20 to discuss preliminary results to our investigation into the CRS-7 mishap.
Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO and Lead Designer, will be the speaker. This call is on-the-record and will include a Q&A.
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OK folks, so here's the plan for today.
1. I've cleared some time and aim to get on the call with Elon.
2. I'm going to try and record it over the speakerphone, but one of our writers (Yves) is also going to try and record it via an app on his phone (I can't do that as I'm going landline on this event - best option). Between us we should grab the audio...but you can bet other sites will be looking to record it too. Bottom line, we should have audio for folk.
3. We're taking question suggestions in L2 for the purpose of that being a small group (if I asked in the open forum threads for questions I'd get five billion of them - (I've told myself a trillion times not to exaggerate ;D ) and because we have some L2 info to work with per the questions, etc.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37710.msg1406591#msg1406591
4. I'll try and live update in here with the call as it progresses. May be some gaps, especially if I get to ask a question as I personally find it annoying when someone calls in and asks "So Elon, why are you so cool?" to which he answers "Well, I'm cooler than you because..." and then all you hear tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap in the background ;D
These events are pretty random as to the question running order as some operator picks out the names as they go. AP could be first or last, it's very random.
5. I'll then write an article....as will every other site, but hopefully the mix of previous articles, the updates in the forum and the new article will result in SpaceX fans thinking "Ah yes, well I'm going to be busy reading space sites today, but I must include NSF in my reading list". ;)
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Remember, this is the update thread. Please continue to keep this channel clear and for updates only, by using the other threads.
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About 90 minutes to the event. Remember there will be plenty of Twitter action from the likes of the SpaceNews chaps, so please post those tweets into this thread and we'll get as much covered as possible. My fingers won't be able to cover it all. Will aim to catch the main items.
Update notes in here. Discussion of the notes in the Discussion thread.
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Heh! I'm in and they put me into the actual people who are speaking. That could have been epic....me answering the questions! ;D
ABC News: What's your favorite sports team Elon?
Me: YORK CITY FC!!! ;D
Anyhoo, posh music playing. No SpaceX retro house for this.
PS Site is very, very busy - like a launch. May need to kill guests. We'll keep an eye on it.
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Starting. Oh, not yet - shortly.
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Here we go....
Written version to the SpaceX site.
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Initial assessment. More investigation over time.
Vehicle was nominal. No issues on first stage and continued for several seconds after the failure started. Dragon communicated until below the horizon. Parachute would have saved Dragon. Future versions will have new software for that. We could have saved Dragon with the right software.
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Looking closely at reducing probability failure, working with FAA etc. But rockets are hard.
3000 temp channels and video channels, debris - all to work through.
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0.893 seconds is the failure data sequence. Trying to match it with video etc.
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Prelim conclusion is that the failure was a strut holding down the COPV bottle.
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One of the struts broke free during the flight. Missed in testing as stage in acceleration changes the conditions. 3.2Gs the strut appears to have snapped.
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Lots of helium was released causing overpressure event.
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No sign of a problem with closeout photos. So it's a puzzle. Telemetry data shows drop in He pressure, but then back to normal pressure. Confusing, but think the bottle broke free and pinched the line on the manifold and restored pressure...but released enough He to cause the failure. Speculation.
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Not going to use these struts in the future. Not going to believe certified data. Going to test each strut.
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Will be some cost increase, but nothing that would impact the actual price of the vehicle.
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No other issues seen.
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Jeff Foust: "Musk: strut failed at 1/5th rated force, no evidence of damage to it in closeout photos before launch."
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Parabolicarc.com @spacecom 18s19 seconds ago
Musk: strut issue is fairly straightforward, switching to something with higher level of performance.
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Not going to use these struts in the future. Not going to believe certified data. Going to test each strut.
Most likely, this is the sort of thing he is talking about:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_test
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust 5s5 seconds ago
Musk: won’t give a precise return to flight date until we go over all data. May be just a few months.
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Peter B. de Selding @pbdes
Musk on return to flight: Move to strong strut alone means 'a few months' delay. But we'll look harder, get customer (Nasa/USAF/FAA) input.
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All questions about the size of struts and such.
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Parabolicarc.com: "Musk: Strut holding the helium bottle down snapped and the bottle shot to the top of the LOX tank...High pressure helium bottles are pressurized at 5500 psi."
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · now
Musk: strut about 2 feet long, an inch at its thickest point.
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No sooner than Sept for return to flight. Don't know who will fly.
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · 38s38 seconds ago
Musk: this will not affect commercial crew timeline; this is not on the critical path.
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Struts are from a supplier, not inhouse.
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · 5s5 seconds ago
Musk: not going to move strut work in-house, but will move to a different design likely from a different supplier.
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · 7s7 seconds ago
Musk: able to replicate by taking 1000s of these struts and testing; a few failed well below rated level.
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · 8s8 seconds ago
Musk: don’t think we need to add more struts, just test them individually.
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Peter B. de Selding @pbdes
Musk: this strut was designed to handle 10,000 lbs of load, failed at 2,000 lbs. But I dont want to sound definitive at this stage.
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Parabolicarc.com @spacecom 45s46 seconds ago
Musk: several reasons they don't think helium tank burst. Acoustic triangulation via accelerometers on upper stage.
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Parabolicarc.com @spacecom 1m1 minute ago
Acoustic triangulation points to the strut as being the failure. If crack in helium bottle liner, would have been a more continuous release.
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · 14s14 seconds ago
Musk: briefed customers last week, they agree with our conclusions so far.
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Same Strut on both stages.
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Chris: did somebody asked if SX succeed to locate/salvage the CRS-7 Dragon ??
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Parabolicarc.com @spacecom · 9s9 seconds ago
Musk: same strut on upper and lower stages. Will be replacing them in both.
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Chris: did somebody asked if SX succeed to locate/salvage the CRS-7 Dragon ??
They found some pieces of it.
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Peter B. de Selding @pbdes
Musk: ITAR tech-export regs limit our disclosures to non-US customers. All customers supportive so far. Musk says he appreciates that.
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · 5s5 seconds ago
Musk: most SpaceX employees have only seen successful launches. Thus, you don’t fear failure quite as much.
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Elon tells SpaceXers to call his cell phone if they are unsure of any hardware element.
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · 5s5 seconds ago
Musk: likely to change the bulk of the material in support struts to Inconel, but no final decision on that yet,
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Parabolicarc.com @spacecom · 21s21 seconds ago
At first didn't think it was strut, tested a bunch of them and none failed at level in flight. Failed at 6000 lbs of thrust, not 2,000 lbs.
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FH Spring next year.
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · 15s15 seconds ago
Musk: examination of strut that failed in ground tests showed problems in the grain structure in the steel.
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SpaceX don't insure their launches.
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TWC Space Weather @twcspacewx · 3m3 minutes ago
Musk: The first Dragon v2 flights will be without crew, so they will carry cargo.
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Found some floating debris. Will search for Dragon.
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Parabolicarc.com @spacecom · 31s31 seconds ago
Musk: Revenue loss will be in the area of hundreds of millions.
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Mass media asking multiple questions. Booooo! ;)
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Peter B. de Selding @pbdes
Musk: The F9 that failed was of identical design to previous flights. We've flown 100s of struts of the same design.
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · 23s23 seconds ago
Musk: no evidence of assembly errors of the strut in high-res closeout photos taken before launch.
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · 15s15 seconds ago
Musk: examination of strut that failed in ground tests showed problems in the grain structure in the steel.
to be taken in context with:
Parabolicarc.com @spacecom
After testing at an enormous number, found one that fialed at below 2,000 lb. level. Did some material analysis, problem w/ grain structure
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Peter B. de Selding @pbdes
Musk: We think the problem was a bad bolt on the strut that didnt look bad on the ground.
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Jeff Foust @jeff_foust · 8s8 seconds ago
And we’re done.
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Hmmm, either they ran out of time (it was an hour) or my *1 didn't register for asking a question. Booo. Oh, I see others tweeting they never got on either. Fair enough, large demand.
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Hmmm, either they ran out of time (it was an hour) or my *1 didn't register for asking a question. Booo. Oh, I see others tweeting they never got on either. Fair enough, large demand.
150 on the call. They took the first 20 and ran out of time. You can be happier by having the strut info in L2 a week ago! :)
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Hmmm, either they ran out of time (it was an hour) or my *1 didn't register for asking a question. Booo. Oh, I see others tweeting they never got on either. Fair enough, large demand.
Whatever the question was, I'll bet the guys on NSF can answer it for you now!
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Hmmm, either they ran out of time (it was an hour) or my *1 didn't register for asking a question. Booo. Oh, I see others tweeting they never got on either. Fair enough, large demand.
Out of curiosity, what would you have asked?
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Hmmm, either they ran out of time (it was an hour) or my *1 didn't register for asking a question. Booo. Oh, I see others tweeting they never got on either. Fair enough, large demand.
Out of curiosity, what would you have asked?
By the end I was down to just asking him about the investigation resources being used. Dragon, FH, V1.2 and such were all answered before the end.
Anyhoo, I'm forgetting myself here. Update thread.
Discussion thread from now on (as it'll all be discussion). Going to write up the article.
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Hmmm, either they ran out of time (it was an hour) or my *1 didn't register for asking a question. Booo. Oh, I see others tweeting they never got on either. Fair enough, large demand.
150 on the call. They took the first 20 and ran out of time. You can be happier by having the strut info in L2 a week ago! :)
That's what makes this site so valuable to me. Initial speculations here were really focused on the docking adapter payload, however as the failure thread went on, it move to the He/COPV system, and any associated hardware that could account for the failure mode. Massive failure of the COPV bottle itself just seemed too unlikely, but was not completely discounted. Software and telemetry discussions were also interesting, and cool to note that the telemetry that pointed to this was in multiple acoustic/accelerometer sensors that triangulated the strut location as the cause. Identifying this after all our discussion here as to the telemetry capability to sample in real time from all sources, vs. buffering and relaying data out of time sequence seem to play into the SpaceX analysis.
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/tc8XxMawhBo
The first 10 minutes of the presser.
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Full audio. (Via reddit link)
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Article 1 based on the latest:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/07/spacex-falcon-9-failure-investigation-focuses-update/
(Next article will be about Dragon).
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SpaceX Update from their website http://www.spacex.com/news/2015/07/20/crs-7-investigation-update
On June 28, 2015, following a nominal liftoff, Falcon 9 experienced an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank approximately 139 seconds into flight, resulting in loss of mission. This summary represents an initial assessment, but further investigation may reveal more over time.
Prior to the mishap, the first stage of the vehicle, including all nine Merlin 1D engines, operated nominally; the first stage actually continued to power through the overpressure event on the second stage for several seconds following the mishap. In addition, the Dragon spacecraft not only survived the second stage event, but also continued to communicate until the vehicle dropped below the horizon and out of range.
SpaceX has led the investigation efforts with oversight from the FAA and participation from NASA and the U.S. Air Force. Review of the flight data proved challenging both because of the volume of data —over 3,000 telemetry channels as well as video and physical debris—and because the key events happened very quickly.
From the first indication of an issue to loss of all telemetry was just 0.893 seconds. Over the last few weeks, engineering teams have spent thousands of hours going through the painstaking process of matching up data across rocket systems down to the millisecond to understand that final 0.893 seconds prior to loss of telemetry.
At this time, the investigation remains ongoing, as SpaceX and the investigation team continue analyzing significant amounts of data and conducting additional testing that must be completed in order to fully validate these conclusions. However, given the currently available data, we believe we have identified a potential cause.
Preliminary analysis suggests the overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank was initiated by a flawed piece of support hardware (a “strut”) inside the second stage. Several hundred struts fly on every Falcon 9 vehicle, with a cumulative flight history of several thousand. The strut that we believe failed was designed and material certified to handle 10,000 lbs of force, but failed at 2,000 lbs, a five-fold difference. Detailed close-out photos of stage construction show no visible flaws or damage of any kind.
In the case of the CRS-7 mission, it appears that one of these supporting pieces inside the second stage failed approximately 138 seconds into flight. The pressurization system itself was performing nominally, but with the failure of this strut, the helium system integrity was breached. This caused a high pressure event inside the second stage within less than one second and the stage was no longer able to maintain its structural integrity.
Despite the fact that these struts have been used on all previous Falcon 9 flights and are certified to withstand well beyond the expected loads during flight, SpaceX will no longer use these particular struts for flight applications. In addition, SpaceX will implement additional hardware quality audits throughout the vehicle to further ensure all parts received perform as expected per their certification documentation.
As noted above, these conclusions are preliminary. Our investigation is ongoing until we exonerate all other aspects of the vehicle, but at this time, we expect to return to flight this fall and fly all the customers we intended to fly in 2015 by end of year.
While the CRS-7 loss is regrettable, this review process invariably will, in the end, yield a safer and more reliable launch vehicle for all of our customers, including NASA, the United States Air Force, and commercial purchasers of launch services. Critically, the vehicle will be even safer as we begin to carry U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station in 2017.
Interesting point highlighted by me.
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A complete transcript of yesterday's telecon is now available: http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/elon-musk-talks-failed-crs-7-dragon-mission-2015-07-20
~Kirk
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A complete transcript of yesterday's telecon is now available: http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/elon-musk-talks-failed-crs-7-dragon-mission-2015-07-20
Some fantastic transcribing work there. Kirk also did the ISS R&D Conference (http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/iss-rd-conference-2015-07-08) interview, for anyone who missed it.
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Article 1 based on the latest:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/07/spacex-falcon-9-failure-investigation-focuses-update/
(Next article will be about Dragon).
And here's Part 2 (typically I had not see transcripts. That was a lot of finger typing then ;D )
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/07/saving-spaceship-dragon-contingency-chute/
Amazing work by Nathan again with the renders. No, the nose cap was still on during CRS-7's event, but the lead render is about what would happen...(she would pop the nose cone and get ready for chutes).
Moving into RTF soon, so we'll be moving into new threads.
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Is there a cargo manifest available for CRS-7? Previous SpaceX flights have published them but all I've seen is the very high level 2 sentence mention in the press kit
http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_nasa_crs-7_presskit.pdf (http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_nasa_crs-7_presskit.pdf)
Not all that detailed, but it is broken down a little:
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs7_mission_overview.pdf (http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs7_mission_overview.pdf)
Have not seen any published with a further breakdown by weight or categories (though SpaceX/NASA must have them for internal use), but Spaceflight101 have at least compiled more information about payloads including the spacesuit, dove-cubesats and more: http://www.spaceflight101.com/dragon-spx-7-cargo-overview.html (http://www.spaceflight101.com/dragon-spx-7-cargo-overview.html)
Also worth mentioning that some of the cargo were re-flights of things lost in the other recent launch failures, like for example some of the student experiments, a set of multi-filtration beds, some of the crew supplies etc. (Some crew supplies are specific to the individual astronauts, like for example crew-choice food, crew-selected/sized clothing, etc).
Here is a more detailed list of cargo lost on Spx-7.
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Into RTF Updates:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=38148.0