Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD4 UPDATES (Read 272212 times)

MKremer · « **Reply #520 on:** 05/25/2012 04:01 pm »

Is that the crescent moon in the background, or just a lens flair?

psloss · « **Reply #521 on:** 05/25/2012 04:03 pm »

PAO Kyle Herring notes official 2nd stage capture confirmed. Waiting for a call from the crew.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #522 on:** 05/25/2012 04:04 pm »

11:02 Central, mark it. Dragon on the ISS - official! Wow!

stockman · « **Reply #523 on:** 05/25/2012 04:05 pm »

and with that I will say that was Fraaaccking awesome... note as visually beautiful as a shuttle but a great acheivement... well done SpaceX

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #524 on:** 05/25/2012 04:05 pm »

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/05/spacexs-dragon-historic-attempt-berth-with-iss/ - updated to this point.

SSRMS to release next.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #525 on:** 05/25/2012 04:10 pm »

SSRMS brakes to on. Arm is safe. Complete for robotics for the day.

So picking up Dextre will be tomorrow then.

Continuing with the Dragon bolts.

Rex Chan · « **Reply #526 on:** 05/25/2012 04:12 pm »

Arm is safe.

"Lets continue with Dragon"

"To all you folks on the ground, we're all part of a big team".

"Continue ~~boat~~ bolt loading"

swervin · « **Reply #527 on:** 05/25/2012 04:15 pm »

I didn't hear the 'arrival bell' being rung. Does that only happen for manned spacecraft arrivals or only when the hatches are open?

More cow bell...

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #528 on:** 05/25/2012 04:16 pm »

Quote from: swervin on 05/25/2012 04:15 pm

I didn't hear the 'arrival bell' being rung. Does that open happen for manned spacecraft arrivals or only when the hatches are open?

More cow bell...

Only for crewed missions (although I've not heard it for Soyuz).

Alpha Control · « **Reply #529 on:** 05/25/2012 04:18 pm »

Fantastic! A historic day indeed. Dragon just earned a seat at the table currently occupied only by Progress, ATV, and HTV.

Congratulations to SpaceX and NASA!

Mission Status Briefing remains scheduled for 12:00pm Central (1:00pm EDT)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #530 on:** 05/25/2012 04:18 pm »

Elon will be at the presser (remotely)

happyflower · « **Reply #531 on:** 05/25/2012 04:22 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/25/2012 04:16 pm

Quote from: swervin on 05/25/2012 04:15 pm
I didn't hear the 'arrival bell' being rung. Does that open happen for manned spacecraft arrivals or only when the hatches are open?

More cow bell...

Only for crewed missions (although I've not heard it for Soyuz).

Sorry for off topic. In the US military (so sadly not for our Russian partner ships) the ship bell is used to signal presence of important persons.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #532 on:** 05/25/2012 04:26 pm »

By the way, with just the presser to go before the end of the main events of the day, I know a lot of you want to post your congrats to SpaceX in this main thread, as opposed to being stuck in the Party thread (used to keep this clean for updates).

So if you want to post congrats in this historic thread, I'll let you post once in here. Seems only right!

I'll start. Well done SpaceX. The more I read about this mission the more complicated it seems. Big, big deal to pull this off!

Ben the Space Brit · « **Reply #533 on:** 05/25/2012 04:26 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/25/2012 04:16 pm

Quote from: swervin on 05/25/2012 04:15 pm
I didn't hear the 'arrival bell' being rung. Does that open happen for manned spacecraft arrivals or only when the hatches are open?

More cow bell...

Only for crewed missions (although I've not heard it for Soyuz).

Specifically for crew entering through PMA2

And well done to SpaceX; the entire team, both Falcon-9 and Dragon, have really done wonders for this mission. Consider that a decade ago, the company was a start-up and now it's sent the first US spacecraft to the ISS since shuttle retirement. That isn't an achievement to be sniffed at.

Once again, very well done. Onward to Crewed Dragon!

mrmandias · « **Reply #534 on:** 05/25/2012 04:27 pm »

Congratulations to SpaceX and their NASA partners.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #535 on:** 05/25/2012 04:28 pm »

NTV shutting down live coverage (apart from the MSB in 30 mins) until tomorrow morning's ingress.

We'll keep going through the MSB (I'll cover).

gladiator1332 · « **Reply #536 on:** 05/25/2012 04:28 pm »

Congrats to SpaceX! They really have come a long way!

Also, thanks to NSF for the outstanding coverage!

clevelas · « **Reply #537 on:** 05/25/2012 04:29 pm »

Great day for US, SpaceX and NSF. I missed some of the overnight stuff, so thanks to all for providing me 'live' coverage. Felt like I was there for the whole thing!

tigerade · « **Reply #538 on:** 05/25/2012 04:29 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/25/2012 04:26 pm

By the way, with just the presser to go before the end of the main events of the day, I know a lot of you want to post your congrats to SpaceX in this main thread, as opposed to being stuck in the Party thread (used to keep this clean for updates).

So if you want to post congrats in this historic thread, I'll let you post once in here. Seems only right!

I'll start. Well done SpaceX. The more I read about this mission the more complicated it seems. Big, big deal to pull this off!

Contests to spacex, NASA and all those involved. Very big deal

Lar · « **Reply #539 on:** 05/25/2012 04:30 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 05/25/2012 04:26 pm

I'll start. Well done SpaceX. The more I read about this mission the more complicated it seems. Big, big deal to pull this off!

Very impressive, congratulations, SpaceX! (and NASA)... Soon, we find out if some cheese was sent up for the crew...

I think the most impressive part for me so far was the LIDAR problem and how it was worked around with not a lot of delay via "Dragon-squint"

Ditto the thanks to NSF for the best coverage on the web.