SpaceX Falcon 9 : CRS-15 : June 29, 2018 : Updates

[Chris Bergin]

Arrays:

Thanks to Steven, Chris G and all for the coverage!

William Graham's article updated:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/06/final-block-4-falcon-9-crs-15-dragon-launch/

(As always, congrats, discussion, etc. All in the other threads. This is an update only thread).

[ChrisGebhardt]

Quick low resolution teasers of what the Falcon 9 contrail did this morning. Nate will have higher res images a little later.

[Steven Pietrobon]

SpaceX coverage ending.

[MarekCyzio]

From SR-520

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Wow. One of the most stunning launches – SpaceX or otherwise – I've ever seen. A big "thank you" to the twilight phenomenon. #CRS15 #Falcon9

https://twitter.com/emrekelly/status/1012636281623470081

[Steven Pietrobon]

Main NASA coverage ending. Replay of launch up next.

[Steven Pietrobon]

End of NASA coverage.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

CRS-15 was hands down the most beautiful launch I’d ever seen. This was absolutely incredible! #spacex #crs15 @Teslarati @ISS_Research @NASA @NASAKennedy @elonmusk

https://twitter.com/_tomcross_/status/1012637654641504256

[FutureSpaceTourist]

So many amazing launch photos

Who else caught a glimpse of that beautiful launch? 🚀 #SpaceX #CRS15

📸: @Mike_Seeley / @WeReportSpace

https://twitter.com/explorespaceksc/status/1012638001078439946

Edit to add: Mike posted himself at https://twitter.com/Mike_Seeley/status/1012637562039689218

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Almost primeval:

Here's the whole view from Orlando. You can see the initial liftoff plume at right, moving left and upwards. Fantastic! #CRS15

https://twitter.com/jpmajor/status/1012639316504403969

[ChrisGebhardt]

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#SpaceX Falcon 9 with #CRS15 makes a spectacular predawn climb to orbit.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

First SpaceX launch photo from website

[Mapperuo]

[SciNews]

Main events from SpaceX (launch, MECO, SECO, Dragon deployment, solar arrays deployment)


Full replay from NASA


More about Project CIMON - AI assistant for astronauts

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Gorgeous launch series from SpaceX CRS15 this morning from Port Canaveral. #crs15 #falcon9 #rocketlaunch #spacex

https://twitter.com/_tomcross_/status/1012645276392284161

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Falcon 9 and CRS-15 launch into the pre-sunrise Florida sky at 5:42am this morning, as seen in this long exposure image taken from the roof of NASA’s 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building. What an absolutely incredible spectacle! #Falcon9 #CRS15

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1012649263761952768

[FutureSpaceTourist]

The Dragon’s tail

currently:

STREAK SHOT WORKED HOLY SMOKES MAN

https://twitter.com/trevormahlmann/status/1012634035942805504

[jacqmans]

June 29, 2018
RELEASE 18-059

New NASA Research, Hardware Heading to Space Station on 15th SpaceX Resupply Mission

Experiments investigating cellular biology, Earth science and artificial intelligence are among the research heading to the International Space Station following Friday’s launch of a NASA-contracted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at 5:42 a.m. EDT.

Dragon lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with more than 5,900 pounds of research, equipment, cargo and supplies that will support dozens of investigations aboard the space station.

NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel will use the space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture Dragon when it arrives at the station. Live coverage of the rendezvous and capture will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website beginning at 5:30 a.m. Monday, July 2. Installation coverage is set to begin at 9 a.m.
Research materials flying inside Dragon's pressurized cargo area include a cellular biology investigation (Micro-12) to understand how microgravity affects the growth, gene expression and ability of a model bacterium to transfer electrons through its cell membrane along the bacterial nanowires it produces. Such bacteria could be used in microbial fuel cells to make electricity from waste organic material.

An Earth science instrument called the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) will provide a new space-based measurement of how plants respond to changes in water availability. This data can help society better manage agricultural water use.

An observational pilot study with the Crew Interactive MObile companioN (CIMON) aims to provide first insights into the effects of crew support from an artificial intelligence (AI) in terms of efficiency and acceptance during long-term missions in space.

Among the hundreds of pounds of hardware flying to the space station is a spare Canadian-built Latching End Effector (LEE). Each end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm has an identical LEE, and they are used as the “hands” that grapple payloads and visiting cargo spaceships. They also enable Canadarm2 to “walk” to different locations on the orbiting outpost.

This is SpaceX’s 15th cargo flight to the space station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. Dragon is scheduled to depart the station in August and return to Earth with more than 3,800 pounds of research, hardware and crew supplies.

For more than 17 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration into deep space. A global endeavor, 230 people from 18 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 2,400 research investigations from researchers in 103 countries.

Get breaking news, images and features from the space station on social media at:

https://instagram.com/iss

and

https://www.twitter.com/Space_Station

and

http://www.twitter.com/ISS_Research

[FutureSpaceTourist]

#SpaceX's #Falcon9 rocket's exhaust plume illuminated as it climbs into the upper atmosphere, on its way to deliver #CRS15 to orbit.

Wow.

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1012653348040925184

[mdeep]

Well that was pretty nuts.