Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM1 : March 2, 2019 : DISCUSSION (Read 601778 times)

woods170 · « **Reply #320 on:** 12/06/2018 01:59 pm »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 12/06/2018 01:11 pm

Interesting given Bridenstine’s reported recent remarks:

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1070674981359681536

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At the NAC HEO meeting, Bill Gerstenmaier says the SpaceX Demo-1 mission is planned “towards the end of January.”

Edit to add more detail:

https://twitter.com/stephenclark1/status/1070675246959771649

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MNASA’s Bill Gerstenmaier says SpaceX’s Demo-1 Crew Dragon mission is planned toward the end of January. Lots of reviews in the next couple of weeks, he tells the NASA Advisory Council’s HEO committee.

Only serves to (again) prove that NASA is anything but a monolithic organization.

gongora · « **Reply #321 on:** 12/06/2018 02:02 pm »

I thought Gerst said as soon as January, I think some of the tweets are overselling that time frame.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #322 on:** 12/06/2018 04:23 pm »

SpaceX on track with the hardware:

https://twitter.com/stephenclark1/status/1070720623712845824

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NASA’s Phil McAlister updates the status of SpaceX’s Demo-1 Crew Dragon spacecraft, and says the company aims to have all hardware ready by Dec. 20, then will stand down for the holidays before resuming launch preps in January.

abaddon · « **Reply #323 on:** 12/06/2018 05:32 pm »

Quote from: gongora on 12/06/2018 02:02 pm

I thought Gerst said as soon as January, I think some of the tweets are overselling that time frame.

"As soon as January" means that current planning has this in January, so planning being "towards the end of January" would not be inconsistent.

gongora · « **Reply #324 on:** 12/07/2018 01:25 am »

Musk Meets With NASA on SpaceX Launch Key to Flying Astronauts

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Musk met with Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s associate administrator for human exploration and operations, in Washington on Thursday. The two discussed SpaceX’s Demo-1 launch slated for January, NASA spokeswoman Megan Powers wrote in an email.

The article really doesn't say much more than that.

adrianwyard · « **Reply #325 on:** 12/07/2018 02:14 am »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 12/06/2018 04:23 pm

SpaceX on track with the hardware:

https://twitter.com/stephenclark1/status/1070720623712845824

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NASA’s Phil McAlister updates the status of SpaceX’s Demo-1 Crew Dragon spacecraft, and says the company aims to have all hardware ready by Dec. 20, then will stand down for the holidays before resuming launch preps in January.

Landing legs?

theinternetftw · « **Reply #326 on:** 12/07/2018 02:18 am »

Quote from: adrianwyard on 12/07/2018 02:14 am

Landing legs?

Iirc, this question has been asked before on an earlier version of this slide, and the answer was that they've been pasting new dates to show progress over an old assembly chart for quite a few such meetings now. Architectural changes have come and gone, with the chart still being "good enough" to keep pasting new dates over.

abaddon · « **Reply #327 on:** 12/07/2018 02:18 am »

For the booster.

Edit: missed the context. Agreed it is just out of date.

gongora · « **Reply #328 on:** 12/07/2018 02:24 am »

Those slides have nothing to do with the booster, it's just a list that keeps getting copied from old slides. These are today's slides.

Nomadd · « **Reply #329 on:** 12/07/2018 02:33 am »

I take it the 12/18/19 date for tank installation on DM-2 is a typo.

gongora · « **Reply #330 on:** 12/07/2018 02:36 am »

Quote from: Nomadd on 12/07/2018 02:33 am

I take it the 12/18/19 date for tank installation on DM-2 is a typo.

They need to hire you as a proofreader. Yeah, a typo.

soltasto · « **Reply #331 on:** 12/07/2018 01:38 pm »

That last slide basically confirms that the first operational mission planned for August is Crew-1 from SpaceX

abaddon · « **Reply #332 on:** 12/07/2018 01:58 pm »

Speaking of tank installation, and apologies if I missed this discussed already, but why is tank installation for Demo-1 lined out?

gongora · « **Reply #333 on:** 12/07/2018 09:37 pm »

New Target Date for SpaceX Demo-1

NASA and SpaceX have agreed to move the target launch date of the uncrewed Demo-1 flight test to the International Space Station. SpaceX coordinated with the Eastern Range for a launch on Thursday, Jan 17. This adjustment allows the return of the Dragon spacecraft from the company’s 16th commercial resupply services mission. SpaceX’s Demo-1 will provide key data associated with the ground, integrated rocket and spacecraft, and autonomous docking systems, and the landing profile ahead of the company’s flight test with astronauts, known as Demo-2.

“We still have more work to do as the certification process, hardware development and readiness reviews continue,” said Kathy Lueders, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. “The key readiness reviews along with NASA’s continued analysis of hardware and software testing and certification data must be closed out prior to launch. The upcoming steps before the test missions are critical, and their importance can’t be understated. We are not driven by dates, but by data. Ultimately, we’ll fly SpaceX Demo-1 at the right time, so we get the right data back to support the in-flight abort test and the next test flight when our astronauts are aboard. However, the fact we’re coordinating target dates with the Eastern Range is a great example of the real progress we’re making with commercial crew and how close we are to actually flying American spacecraft and rockets from American soil again.”

matthewkantar · « **Reply #334 on:** 12/08/2018 02:38 am »

Seems like a joke. NASA straining to have the paperwork keep up with progress. To come right out and say " We are not driven by dates, but by data." has got to have the legions of folks who kept JFK's schedule either shaking their heads or rolling in their graves.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #335 on:** 12/08/2018 11:24 am »

NASA, SpaceX realign DM-1 test to NET 17 January launch
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/dragon-science-nasa-spacex-realign-dm-1-17-january-launch/ … - by Chris Gebhardt

koennecke · « **Reply #336 on:** 12/09/2018 06:27 am »

Is crewed Dragon grappled for docking at ISS or does it do it using its own motors?

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #337 on:** 12/09/2018 07:56 am »

Quote from: koennecke on 12/09/2018 06:27 am

Is crewed Dragon grappled for docking at ISS or does it do it using its own motors?

It uses its own motors.

Comga · « **Reply #338 on:** 12/10/2018 06:25 am »

On Dec 7 Salo edited his Schedule of ISS Events - 2

to say

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NET January 18 - Dragon v2 (SpX-DM1) un-crewed launch and docking (to Harmony PMA-2/IDA2) ~01:00

2019-01-18 01:00 UTC = 2019-01-17 20:00 EST ?
Same day docking?

edit: Chris G's article implied 3 days between launch and docking, albeit that could be 2 days plus a few hours.

Olaf · « **Reply #339 on:** 12/10/2018 07:14 am »

Quote from: Comga on 12/10/2018 06:25 am

On Dec 7 Salo edited his Schedule of ISS Events - 2

to say
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NET January 18 - Dragon v2 (SpX-DM1) un-crewed launch and docking (to Harmony PMA-2/IDA2) ~01:00

2019-01-18 01:00 UTC = 2019-01-17 20:00 EST ?
Same day docking?

edit: Chris G's article implied 3 days between launch and docking, albeit that could be 2 days plus a few hours.

The 2019 schedule, provided by anik, shows two days between launch and Docking.