Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon CRS-2 (SpX-2) FD-2, FD-3 & Berthed Operations UPDATES (Read 183855 times)

Space Pete · « **Reply #380 on:** 03/06/2013 07:49 pm »

Oh, and time for a declaration: The era of CRS external cargo delivery has ARRIVED!

@Lars_J: Yes - two grapple fixtures on each HRSGF, I assume to allow for hand-offs between the SSRMS and the POA.

corrodedNut · « **Reply #381 on:** 03/06/2013 07:51 pm »

Space Pete · « **Reply #382 on:** 03/06/2013 07:51 pm »

Now near the MBS.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #383 on:** 03/06/2013 07:59 pm »

They need to have a bing bong noise for when they come back out of LOS!

corrodedNut · « **Reply #384 on:** 03/06/2013 08:04 pm »

PahTo · « **Reply #385 on:** 03/06/2013 08:09 pm »

Thanks to this thread I tuned in to NTV only to not see this important robotics action. Thanks all for posting here!

corrodedNut · « **Reply #386 on:** 03/06/2013 08:12 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #387 on:** 03/06/2013 08:13 pm »

Quote from: PahTo on 03/06/2013 08:09 pm

Thanks to this thread I tuned in to NTV only to not see this important robotics action. Thanks all for posting here!

It's all happening on this stream if people are going to NTV and seeing some grinning actor talking about planets

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream

Robotbeat · « **Reply #388 on:** 03/06/2013 08:49 pm »

Quote from: Space Pete on 03/06/2013 07:49 pm

Oh, and time for a declaration: The era of CRS external cargo delivery has ARRIVED!
...

And it's critical, too! Can't have commercial crew docking with nothin'!

(the NDS/whatever docking adapter is going to arrive at Station in a Dragon trunk)

InfraNut2 · « **Reply #389 on:** 03/06/2013 09:13 pm »

The SSRMS have backed away from the HRSGFs, so they must have been affixed to the POA. I did not notice right away because of the bad picture.

The alternate (VLC) stream ( http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/isslivestream.asx ) seems not quite as fuzzy to me now as the USTREAM stream. It also sometimes showed a different camera earlier tonight.

InfraNut2 · « **Reply #390 on:** 03/06/2013 09:41 pm »

SpaceX official tweet 5 min ago:

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#Dragon's external cargo successfully removed from trunk today. First unpressurized cargo carried to station via @SpaceX!

EDIT: Signing off now... Congratulations to SpaceX and NASA!

psloss · « **Reply #391 on:** 03/06/2013 10:44 pm »

Back surveying the trunk with the SSRMS end effector camera.

psloss · « **Reply #392 on:** 03/06/2013 10:45 pm »

jcm · « **Reply #393 on:** 03/06/2013 10:55 pm »

So are those two tripoddy widgets sticking up at top and bottom the 100 kg of super-secret SpaceX proprietary HRSGF installation hardware, or was the the bar that joins the two HRSGFs?

psloss · « **Reply #394 on:** 03/06/2013 10:57 pm »

Think we're nearing sunset on this rev...no, not yet...

psloss · « **Reply #395 on:** 03/06/2013 11:01 pm »

The arm was being moved when they came up to a LOS (short one for handover).

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #396 on:** 03/07/2013 01:30 am »

And here's an article on today's first!

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/03/ssrms-removes-payload-dragon-trunk-new-milestone/

spectre9 · « **Reply #397 on:** 03/07/2013 04:51 am »

Great article guys.

Getting such great Dragon coverage here not missing a moment

Well done to SpaceX delivering their first unpressurised cargo to ISS.

Great job by Canadarm too

I liked the extra info about future payloads. I didn't know about that stuff yet.

Prober · « **Reply #398 on:** 03/07/2013 01:24 pm »

Quote from: psloss on 03/06/2013 07:37 pm

...and then a camera swap...some color issues from this camera on the other side of the truss...

Someone should look at a SW upgrade to fix this problem. Could be a very easy fix in SW.

yg1968 · « **Reply #399 on:** 03/07/2013 01:38 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 03/06/2013 08:13 pm

Quote from: PahTo on 03/06/2013 08:09 pm

Thanks to this thread I tuned in to NTV only to not see this important robotics action. Thanks all for posting here!

It's all happening on this stream if people are going to NTV and seeing some grinning actor talking about planets

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream

If you missed it, the video was recorded here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream/videos

More specifically, see the following recorded videos (in order):
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29780343
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29782219
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29783993