LIVE COUNTDOWN AND LAUNCH UPDATE THREAD for CRS-5/SpX-5. This thread will be converted to the Launch and Flight Day 1 Updates pending a successful launch.
Any posts that are not updates will be removed. Other threads are available, see below.
T-0 is 6:20 am local time (Eastern).
Main SpX-5/CRS-5 Articles:
SpaceX’s Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship ready for action
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/11/spacex-autonomous-spaceport-drone-ship/First Launch Target:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/11/crs-5-dragon-mission-iss-evaluating-december-target/Static Fire issues and Slip:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/12/spacex-static-fire-falcon-9-crs-5/Launch Day Article - by William Graham
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/01/spacex-dragon-crs-5-launch-historic-core-return/--
Resources:
SpaceX News Articles from 2006 (Including numerous exclusive Elon interviews):
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=21862.0SpaceX News Articles (Recent):
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/spacex/=--=
SpaceX GENERAL Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=45.0 - please use this for general questions NOT specific to this mission.
SpaceX MISSIONS Forum Section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=55.0 - this section is for everything specific to SpaceX missions.
SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - CRS-5/SpX-5 DISCUSSION THREAD:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35853.0Party Thread:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35861.0=--=
L2 Members:
L2 SpaceX Section - now a dedicated full section:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=55.0Dedicated L2 CRS-5/SpX-5:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35739.0http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36490.0--
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