Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM1 : March 2, 2019: UPDATES (Read 182069 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #240 on:** 03/02/2019 07:02 am »

T+12 minutes. Thumbs up from Houston!

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #241 on:** 03/02/2019 07:03 am »

SpaceX wrapping up.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #242 on:** 03/02/2019 07:04 am »

Launch replay. End of webcast.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #243 on:** 03/02/2019 07:10 am »

Happy customer:

https://twitter.com/jimbridenstine/status/1101755670792192002

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Today’s successful launch marks a new chapter in American excellence, getting us closer to once again flying American Astronauts on American rockets from American soil. Congratulations to the @SpaceX and @NASA teams for this major milestone in our nation’s history. #LaunchAmerica

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #244 on:** 03/02/2019 07:11 am »

Many thanks to Steven for the coverage so far!

This is an active mission and no "congrats" posts in this thread, post in the party thread.

We can add photos and updates only in here.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1101755957497991168

John44 · « **Reply #245 on:** 03/02/2019 07:27 am »

SpaceX Demo-1 Launch
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6656

Rondaz · « **Reply #246 on:** 03/02/2019 07:27 am »

Demo-1 Underway: Crew Dragon Launches on Debut Flight

Anna Heiney Posted on March 2, 2019

The Demo-1 uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s inaugural flight with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, is underway following the successful launch Saturday morning of the company’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft. The first-of-its-kind mission, planned to be a full demonstration of the spacecraft and its systems, launched on time at 2:49 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in

In addition to 400 pounds of supplies and equipment, Crew Dragon is carrying Ripley, an anthropomorphic test device outfitted with sensors to gather important data about what an astronaut flying aboard the spacecraft would experience throughout the mission.

Crew Dragon will carry out a series of phasing maneuvers as it pursues the space station during approach. The spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock with the orbiting laboratory tomorrow morning, March 3, at about 6 a.m. EST, and remain docked until approximately 2:30 a.m. on Friday, March 8. Crew Dragon is expected to return to Earth with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean at approximately 8:45 a.m., a little more than six hours after departing the space station.

Stay tuned for a postlaunch press conference from Kennedy Space Center at about 4 a.m. EST. It will be broadcast live on NASA TV. Participants are:

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
Elon Musk, CEO and lead designer, SpaceX
NASA astronaut Bob Behnken, SpaceX Demo-2 flight test
NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, SpaceX Demo-2 flight test
Steve Stich, NASA launch manager, Commercial Crew Program
Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program

https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2019/03/02/demo-1-underway-crew-dragon-launches-on-debut-flight/

Mapperuo · « **Reply #247 on:** 03/02/2019 07:36 am »

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #248 on:** 03/02/2019 07:36 am »

Note lightening in first streak shot below (composite image within minutes of each other)

https://twitter.com/marcuscotephoto/status/1101759098633314304

https://twitter.com/trevormahlmann/status/1101758791060807680

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1101754049572077569

Edit to add:

https://twitter.com/_tomcross_/status/1101764440800878593

John44 · « **Reply #249 on:** 03/02/2019 07:55 am »

SpaceX Demo-1 Launch Coverage
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6659

SpaceX Demo-1 Launch Replays
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6657

SpaceX Demo-1 Launch
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6656

ugordan · « **Reply #250 on:** 03/02/2019 07:59 am »

Postlaunch press conference coming up shortly on NASA.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #251 on:** 03/02/2019 07:59 am »

Live link:

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #252 on:** 03/02/2019 08:02 am »

https://twitter.com/jaredhead/status/1101766548727844864

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And SpaceX has said the nose cone on Dragon has opened. Woohoo! Now comes the real test: getting to @Space_Station, especially docking.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #253 on:** 03/02/2019 08:04 am »

Slight delay:

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1101769941018177536

jacqmans · « **Reply #254 on:** 03/02/2019 08:05 am »

NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, left, and Bob Behnken, right, who are assigned to fly on the crewed Demo-2 mission, watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-1 mission from firing room four of the Launch Control Center, Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

jacqmans · « **Reply #255 on:** 03/02/2019 08:06 am »

NASA astronaut Eric Boe, assistant to the chief of the astronaut office for commercial crew, left, and Norm Knight, deputy director of flight operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-1 mission from firing room four of the Launch Control Center, Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

jacqmans · « **Reply #256 on:** 03/02/2019 08:06 am »

NASA astronaut Doug Hurley and chief of the astronaut office Pat Forrester watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-1 mission from firing room four of the Launch Control Center, Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #257 on:** 03/02/2019 08:09 am »

Reason for the delay ... ?

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1101771106443280385

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #258 on:** 03/02/2019 08:10 am »

Mr. Tusk (

) is there.

https://twitter.com/TGMetsFan98/status/1101771224290656256

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #259 on:** 03/02/2019 08:11 am »

Press conference has started.