LIVE: SpaceX Dragon CRS-1 (SpX-1) RNDZ, Capture, Berthing to ISS & Hatch Opening

[Prober]

ISS crew are going through Dragon ingress procedures

They have to cover some sort of camera microphone with a cloth and capton "to mute the microphone".
Sunita is wondering if it's to keep their conversations about Garrett Reisman secret

they need to look out for some hidden "Dragon Eye"

[Comga]

SpaceX narrowed the field of view of the LIDAR to prevent a repeat of the troubles encountered on C2+

Do you know this for a fact or is this a logical deduction, based on statements from COTS-2+?

It was said in either the pre-launch or post-launch press briefing by a SpaceX representative, but I don't know if it was physical or software field of view that was changed. Software might be easier? I remember reading or hearing from somewhere that they had inaccurate model of ISS in simulations and some reflection(s) from JEM were unexpectedly bright.

That statement about the model is not credilble.  We all had those details years ago.  SpaceX saw the effect of 1" retroreflectors on both of their Shuttle demos.

You are going off of the same vague evidence as everyone else.
Does anyone have any solid information about what was done to improve the performance of the lidar?

[Jim]

A poster retrieved from inside Dragon!

That is unprofessional.  The first commercial cargo carrier to the MIR and ISS never did anything like that.  It is like security personnel asking athletes for autographs

[Jim]

Sorry if OT...

Suni mentioned that the Dragon was clean. The previous visiting Dragon was also described as clean. Is this just a comment on the Dragon's "new car" feel? Or are there some vehicles that don't arrive as clean? If so, what constitutes "not clean?"

Just a few examples, which can go wrong and cause a "non clean" state:
- electric defects -> smoke
- leaky system, hydrazine inside the capsule
- some liquid/gaseous cargo floats araound from broken containers
- ...

Clean as in actual cleanliness and not state of health.
No debris, metal shavings, or dust floating about.

[Lars_J]

Did they ask for autographs? No they sent up a picture of the people who made the craft. Just like the automakers at Saturn used to do. Jim you need to chill a little.

The picture wasn't on the manifest.  Stowing unauthorized hardware is a no-no.

I can only assume that you find this equally objectionable...

[Andy USA]

Remember this is a live update thread.

[woods170]

The VBA (Vestibule Barrier Assembly), AKA "Vestibule Curtain", still needs to be installed.

Obviously the VBA has been installed. And someone rotated the camera 90 degrees clock-wise.

[woods170]

A poster retrieved from inside Dragon!

<snip>The first commercial cargo carrier to the MIR and ISS never did anything like that.<more snip>

OT question, but I hope the moderators bear with me:

There was a commercial cargo carrier to MIR?

[Galactic Penguin SST]

A poster retrieved from inside Dragon!

<snip>The first commercial cargo carrier to the MIR and ISS never did anything like that.<more snip>

OT question, but I hope the moderators bear with me:

There was a commercial cargo carrier to MIR?

SPACEHAB (actually more of a "cargo carrier inside a spacecraft" service), where Jim used to work with.

[woods170]

A poster retrieved from inside Dragon!

<snip>The first commercial cargo carrier to the MIR and ISS never did anything like that.<more snip>

OT question, but I hope the moderators bear with me:

There was a commercial cargo carrier to MIR?

SPACEHAB (actually more of a "cargo carrier inside a spacecraft" service), where Jim used to work with.

Ah yes. Thanks for the reply.

[Pedantic Twit]

Icecream!

[woods170]

Suni and Aki working on the central stowed package.

[woods170]

And KU is out. Lot's of straps they're working on.

[woods170]

Stuff floating around.

[woods170]

Suni looking for something she can't find. Next she asked MCC for instructions. They told her to lift the port rack and look under there.

[woods170]

Moving stuff out the way, per MCC instructions, looking and then finding.

[woods170]

Lot's of stuff currently free-floating inside Dragon and near the nadir port on Node 3, while Suni and Aki are unloading stuff. But, I've also seen stuff going back into Dragon already. Looks like simultaneous unloading and loading of Dragon.

[woods170]

Crew bumped the camera while moving cargo. Upon request of MCC they re-aligned it on the Dragon hatch.

[woods170]

MCC wants an HD camera-view of Dragon. Suni is asked to swap camera's with the lab camera. However, they don't want drag-thru of cabling. Suni will see what she can come up with.

[d3jf]

Thanks for the on-going updates, woods. Good to know what's going on up there.