LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD2 and FD3 UPDATES

[plank]

Who giving commands to Dragon?  Space X or NASA/ISS?

[Ronsmytheiii]

ku returns, Space X polling for next burn

[Jorge]

Who giving commands to Dragon?  Space X or NASA/ISS?

The ISS crew sent the "strobe light on" command; SpaceX has sent the rest.

The ISS crew will perform more commands during the C3 demos tomorrow.

[Dave G]

strobe light visible on ISS

[psloss]

[Ronsmytheiii]

Well that is all for me, signing off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbTzrU-FpMw&feature=youtu.be

[psloss]

Crew (Andre) has commanded the strobe light off as requested by MCC-H.

[corrodedNut]

PAO: "Commanding from ISS demo complete"

[Chris Bergin]

Well that is all for me, signing off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbTzrU-FpMw&feature=youtu.be

Great work Ron, much appreciated.

This has all gone very well for the commanding.

19 mins to another HA burn.

Presser at 9am Central (2pm GMT).

New live thread for the big day tomorrow, starting late tonight GMT.

[Rex Chan]

NTV Schedule (again). Posting cos not sure if times have changed...

Don: I forgot the magic button we push for LEE recording...

H: cal LEE, terminate, do not pull trigger

PAO: DH burn time in 23 minutes (revising...)

[psloss]

About 15 minutes to DHA burn

Edit -- TIG has changed to 12:09:20 GMT

[psloss]

[Rex Chan]

NASA ‏@NASA
The @SpaceX #Dragon capsule passed directly below the #ISS at a distance of 2.5km, fulfilling all demonstration objectives for the day.

NASA ‏@NASA
#Dragon will depart the space station's vicinity at 8:09amET before re-approaching the station tomorrow for grapple and berthing attempts.

PAO: day went fairly flawless.

Handover at NASA MCC.

[JimO]

About 15 minutes to DHA burn

Edit -- TIG has changed to 12:09:20 GMT

Do you suppose we'll have a TV view towards the Dragon and see the plume?

[psloss]

DHA burn coming up in a few minutes...can see it on the map (kind of)

[psloss]

In MCC-H, Orbit 1 and Orbit 2 teams in the middle of a shift handover.  Orbit 2 will be led by Flight Director Courtenay McMillan.  (Who, Josh notes, is the lead FD for the Orbital Cygnus demo mission.)

[psloss]

DHA burn complete.

[Rex Chan]

Burn underway.

Edit: and done.

Pic is from SpaceX MC before burn, but they were still standing around during the burn.

[psloss]

NASA TV signing off flyunder coverage.  As noted, there will be a mission status briefing in a little less than two hours and then the daily ISS update hour at its regular time.

[dcporter]

@SpaceX:

#Dragon has successfully flown past the space station, 2 big tests - communicating with station & demonstrating Relative GPS – went well.