Author Topic: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon CRS-2 (SpX-2) FD-2, FD-3 & Berthed Operations UPDATES  (Read 190684 times)

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And thanks again to everyone who chipped in with updates. Was fun to see this thread's views double later in the day as people woke up and caught up.

We'll keep this thread going for berthed ops.
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Dragon just "hanging out" on Node 2 Nadir now, enjoying an orbital sunrise. Looks like SSRMS is still grappled.
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Tweet from @Cmdr_Hadfield :

@[...] My favourite thing on Dragon was a personally signed note from the Canadians that work at SpaceX, a fun surprise photo collage

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Dragon CRS-2 (SpX-2) FD2-3 UPDATES
« Reply #303 on: 03/04/2013 08:54 am »
Chris Hadfield ‏@Cmdr_Hadfield
What a day! Reached & grabbed a Dragon, berthed her to Station & opened the hatch to find fresh fruit, notes from friends, and peanut butter
Just as well no ice cream this time!


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Peanut butter is almost as good  ;)
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Yay! Finally!  :D

Internal video from node 2 camera of Dragon interior and Nadir hatch area.

I am not set up for taking screenshots, so I hope some other member takes care of that.

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Does anyone know what tests/measurements SpaceX are making on the berthed/ orbital Dragon that would contribute toward crew rating of the capsule? The pressers have focused on Station cargo and science payloads, and I don't recall anything from the forums either

I'm thinking of Rad readings (inside), ECLSS (Does this Dragon even carry anything? Scrubbers, TEVAC etc)?

PS: There's a typo in the name of this thread.
« Last Edit: 03/04/2013 10:11 am by AJA »

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Looking good!
- Aaron

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Eerie shot of floating cargo straps in Dragon
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Nice to see the ISS feed for Ustream showing external views, and the VLC ISS Feed showing inside - usually they show the same downlink.


Inside: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/isslivestream.asx
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...talking about embargoing restrictions with the crew...
Chris  Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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RELEASE: 13-067

SPACEX'S DRAGON CARRYING NASA CARGO RESUPPLIES SPACE STATION

HOUSTON -- The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon
spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station at 8:56
a.m. EST Sunday. The delivery flight was the second contracted
resupply mission by the company under NASA's Commercial Resupply
Services contract.

Space station Expedition 34 crew members Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn
of NASA used the station's robotic arm to successfully capture Dragon
at 5:31 a.m. The capture came one day, 19 hours and 22 minutes after
the mission's launch. The station was 253 miles above northern
Ukraine. Following its capture, the spacecraft was installed onto the
Earth-facing port of the Harmony module through ground commands
issued by mission control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

"The newly arrived scientific experiments delivered by Dragon carry
the promise of discoveries that benefit Earth and dramatically
increase our understanding of how humans adapt to space," said
William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for the Human
Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate in Washington.
"Spaceflight will never be risk-free, but it's a critical achievement
that we once again have a U.S. capability to transport science to and
from the International Space Station. The science delivered and to be
returned from the space station has the promise of giving us a unique
insight into problems that we face on Earth. As the patch of
Expedition 34 states: 'Off the Earth...For the Earth.'"

The Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
in Florida at 10:10 a.m. Friday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Shortly after spacecraft separation from the rocket's second stage,
the Dragon lost three of its four thruster pods. Solar array
deployment was delayed while SpaceX engineers worked to purge blocked
valves and get the pods back online. Ninety minutes after launch,
Dragon's arrays were deployed. By 3 p.m., all four thruster pods were
online and attitude control was regained.

Following a series of tests to ensure the spacecraft could safely
approach the space station, Dragon was approved to approach the
orbiting laboratory Sunday morning, one day after its originally
planned arrival, which is not expected to impact any of the
scientific investigations being delivered.

Dragon is loaded with about 1,268 pounds (575 kilograms) of supplies
to support continuing space station research experiments and will
return with about 2,668 pounds (1,210 kilograms) of science samples
from human research, biology and biotechnology studies, physical
science investigations, and education activities.

Newly delivered investigations include studies of how molecular
biology, cells and plants grow in microgravity. One experiment,
titled Coarsening in Solid Liquid Mixtures-3, will examine solid and
liquid mixtures made of lead and tin that contain a small amount of
tin branch-like structures called dendrites. By understanding how
temperature and time control the growth of such dendrites,
researchers hope to develop more efficient and economical means of
producing higher-quality products derived from the casting of molten
metals. New student experiments include observing how gravity changes
the growth of E. coli bacteria, studying the long-term impact of
space travel on small coin-cell-sized batteries, and producing
ammonium aluminum sulfate crystals of higher purity than is possible
on Earth.

Experiment samples coming back to Earth will help researchers continue
to assess the impact of long-duration spaceflight on the human body.
Returning plant samples will aid in food production during future
long-duration space missions and enhance crop production on Earth.
Crystals grown aboard and returning from the station could help in
the development of more efficient solar cells and semiconductor-based
electronics.

The Dragon capsule is scheduled to spend 22 days attached to the
station before returning for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off
the coast of Baja California March 25.

This flight is the second of at least 12 SpaceX cargo resupply
missions to the space station through 2016. The resupply contract
with NASA is worth $1.6 billion.

NASA's Space Network, which includes the Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite System, provided space communications for SpaceX from
launch through berthing with the space station.

SpaceX built and tested new cargo spacecraft under NASA's Commercial
Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. NASA initiatives like
COTS and the agency's Commercial Crew Program are helping develop a
robust U.S. commercial space transportation industry with the goal of
achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to and
from the space station and low-Earth orbit. In addition to cargo
flights, NASA's commercial space partners are making progress toward
a launch of astronauts from U.S. soil within the next few years.

While NASA works with U.S. industry partners to develop and advance
these commercial spaceflight capabilities, the agency also is
developing the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS), a
crew capsule and heavy-lift rocket to provide an entirely new
capability for human exploration. Designed to be flexible for
launching spacecraft for crew and cargo missions, SLS and Orion will
expand human presence beyond low-Earth orbit and enable new missions
of exploration in the solar system.
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As the patch of Expedition 34 states: 'Off the Earth...For the Earth.'"

Catchy slogan! I like it.

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Live view into Dragon.

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Expedition 34 - Dragon 2 Hatch Opening
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8111

Thanks John.

Some screengrabs - Dragon looks more packed (volume wise) on this flight than the previous ones - some cargo was packed all the way up to the hatch.

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

Couple of previous posts had dates mentioned:

Do we know when they plan to de-stow the grapple bars from the trunk?

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.

CSA has an animation of the de-stow. Second video on this page: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/canadarm2-grapples-videos.asp

Do we know when they plan to de-stow the grapple bars from the trunk?

Mid-day Central time on the 6th

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