Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon CRS-2 (SpX-2) FD-2, FD-3 & Berthed Operations UPDATES (Read 183851 times)

InfraNut2 · « **Reply #320 on:** 03/04/2013 07:17 pm »

Wow! Fast work:

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@Cmdr_Hadfield :

Dragon has an empty belly! We completely unpacked the visiting spaceship today. Many new experiments for Space Station, plus some goodies

padrat · « **Reply #321 on:** 03/04/2013 08:00 pm »

Never gets old seeing the Astros unload cargo that you helped load. Always cool....

Space Pete · « **Reply #322 on:** 03/04/2013 08:18 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 03/04/2013 06:56 pm

My brain's gone blank...but when do Dextre ops begin for trunk payload removal?

And just a follow up, Dextre will not be used for the HRSGF unstow - only SSRMS.

AbeJ · « **Reply #323 on:** 03/05/2013 03:17 am »

Quote from: Space Pete on 03/04/2013 08:18 pm

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 03/04/2013 06:56 pm
My brain's gone blank...but when do Dextre ops begin for trunk payload removal?

And just a follow up, Dextre will not be used for the HRSGF unstow - only SSRMS.

ISS live stream showing SSRMS moving to new positions for this, I assume.
As far as I can tell, it appears that the arm released from Dragon, moved over and grappled to an external storage platform, then the other end of the arm released from Harmony (I think) and relocated and grappled to Destiny (I think) then released from the external storage platform and moved to be prepared to unload the Dragon trunk.

Forgive me if my location descriptions are incorrect - its very late, I'm very tired, and I didn't take the time to verify the location info!

AbeJ · « **Reply #324 on:** 03/05/2013 04:03 am »

And now it appears that the SSRMS end that was originally grappled to Dragon has been grappled to Harmony at the same position the other end was on previously. I figured it would stay free until trunk unload ops, but what do I know!

Space Pete · « **Reply #325 on:** 03/05/2013 03:22 pm »

Dragon grapple and berthing images are up!

See pages 28-32:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-34/inflight/ndxpage28.html

Plus there's some great ones on L2 that aren't shown in the public gallery!

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #326 on:** 03/05/2013 03:42 pm »

Quote from: Space Pete on 03/05/2013 03:22 pm

Dragon grapple and berthing images are up!

See pages 28-32:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-34/inflight/ndxpage28.html

Plus there's some great ones on L2 that aren't shown in the public gallery!

Also see http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/.

Lars_J · « **Reply #327 on:** 03/05/2013 03:58 pm »

Quote from: Space Pete on 03/05/2013 03:22 pm

Dragon grapple and berthing images are up!

See pages 28-32:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-34/inflight/ndxpage28.html

Very nice... Unfortunately, once again (like CRS-1), most of the approach shots are blurry! Sigh...

corrodedNut · « **Reply #328 on:** 03/05/2013 06:32 pm »

Getting ready to "pop the trunk"

psloss · « **Reply #329 on:** 03/05/2013 07:02 pm »

Quote from: corrodedNut on 03/05/2013 06:32 pm

Getting ready to "pop the trunk"

Maybe a survey for now.

psloss · « **Reply #330 on:** 03/05/2013 07:04 pm »

psloss · « **Reply #331 on:** 03/05/2013 07:07 pm »

yatpay · « **Reply #332 on:** 03/05/2013 07:12 pm »

Apologies if this has been explained elsewhere, but has there been any word on why there have been restrictions on imagery of Dragon's trunk on this mission?

Space Pete · « **Reply #333 on:** 03/05/2013 07:15 pm »

Space Pete · « **Reply #334 on:** 03/05/2013 07:22 pm »

Quote from: yatpay on 03/05/2013 07:12 pm

Apologies if this has been explained elsewhere, but has there been any word on why there have been restrictions on imagery of Dragon's trunk on this mission?

Apparently, it was due to proprietary SpaceX-designed hardware that retains the HRSGFs in the Trunk.

yatpay · « **Reply #335 on:** 03/05/2013 07:23 pm »

Quote from: Space Pete on 03/05/2013 07:22 pm

Quote from: yatpay on 03/05/2013 07:12 pm
Apologies if this has been explained elsewhere, but has there been any word on why there have been restrictions on imagery of Dragon's trunk on this mission?

Apparently, it was due to proprietary SpaceX-designed hardware that retains the HRSGFs in the Trunk.

Ahh, I see. Thank you!

corrodedNut · « **Reply #336 on:** 03/05/2013 07:32 pm »

Quote from: psloss on 03/05/2013 07:02 pm

Quote from: corrodedNut on 03/05/2013 06:32 pm
Getting ready to "pop the trunk"
Maybe a survey for now.

Yeah, NET is still Wed midday CST, right?

psloss · « **Reply #337 on:** 03/05/2013 11:05 pm »

Quote from: corrodedNut on 03/05/2013 07:32 pm

Quote from: psloss on 03/05/2013 07:02 pm
Quote from: corrodedNut on 03/05/2013 06:32 pm
Getting ready to "pop the trunk"
Maybe a survey for now.

Yeah, NET is still Wed midday CST, right?

Not sure; that's the last I read here.

Threw all the frames into fake contact sheets...this overlaps the frames that Pete posted. (Edit: combined those into one file.)

AndyX · « **Reply #338 on:** 03/05/2013 11:26 pm »

Quote from: Lars_J on 03/05/2013 03:58 pm

Quote from: Space Pete on 03/05/2013 03:22 pm
Dragon grapple and berthing images are up!

See pages 28-32:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-34/inflight/ndxpage28.html

Very nice... Unfortunately, once again (like CRS-1), most of the approach shots are blurry! Sigh...

L2 already has a massive full res, full sequences, set and more coming. Some very clear shots and closeups too. Apparently about 1000 images coming!

There's already a full set from C2+ and CRS-1 in L2.

InfraNut2 · « **Reply #339 on:** 03/06/2013 03:21 pm »

Quote from: AnalogMan on 03/04/2013 07:05 pm

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 03/04/2013 06:56 pm
My brain's gone blank...but when do Dextre ops begin for trunk payload removal?

Couple of previous posts had dates mentioned:

Quote from: InfraNut2 on 03/03/2013 03:08 pm

I think i have seen March 5-6 mentioned somewhere, but treat that as an unreliable rumor. Also the docking delay might propagate to the de-stow. Maybe another member has more reliable information from L2 or elsewhere.

Quote from: XNASA on 03/03/2013 03:17 pm
Mid-day Central time on the 6th

Josh Byers gave a more definitive and up-to-date time for the start of trunk payload removal just now on the daily ISS update hour:

1PM central (approx) today

He also confirmed it will be ground-commanded (as expected). So it will be significantly slower than if the astros did it.