Author Topic: Dragon 2 : SpX-DM1 : RNDZ, Docking, Docked Ops, EOM - March, 2019: UPDATES (Read 195803 times)

WindnWar · « **Reply #380 on:** 03/08/2019 01:12 pm »

Quote from: rob2507 on 03/08/2019 01:07 pm

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 03/08/2019 12:55 pm
Gwynne Shotwell in the SpaceX MCC
She just shook hands with all the folks on consoles--nice to see them get recognized like that.

Several got hugs too!

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #381 on:** 03/08/2019 01:18 pm »

https://twitter.com/commercial_crew/status/1104021801955405824

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I want to congratulate the @NASA Commercial Crew Program and all of the engineers who have been a part of this effort from the very beginning. This is an amazing feet for America! ~@JimBridenstine

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #382 on:** 03/08/2019 01:21 pm »

https://twitter.com/chrisg_nsf/status/1104023690143039488

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Wow. NASA just now: "The [Crew Dragon] really performed better than we expected."

Let that sink in. Crew Dragon - as of right now, not counting entry - performed BETTER than NASA expected. #SpaceX #CrewDragon #Demo1 #DM1 #NASA

Rondaz · « **Reply #383 on:** 03/08/2019 01:22 pm »

Crew Dragon Splashes Down in Atlantic Ending First Commercial Crew Mission

Norah Moran Posted on March 8, 2019

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon returned to Earth with a splash in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida’s eastern shore at 8:45 a.m. EST, completing an end-to-end flight test to demonstrate most of the capabilities of its crew transportation system to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The mission, known as Demo-1, is a critical step for NASA and SpaceX to demonstrate the ability to safely fly missions with NASA astronauts to the orbital laboratory.

The Crew Dragon launched March 2 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was the first commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket to launch from American soil on a mission to the space station and autonomously dock to the station. To complete the docking, both the station and Crew Dragon’s adapters used the new international docking standard.

Crew Dragon is returning to Earth some critical research samples from science investigations conducted to enable human exploration farther into space and develop and demonstrate in the U.S. ISS National Laboratory new technologies, treatments, and products for improving life on Earth.

Also traveling aboard the spacecraft is an anthropomorphic test device named Ripley outfitted with sensors to provide data about potential effects on humans traveling in Crew Dragon.

SpaceX’s recovery ship, Go Searcher, is equipped with a crane to lift Crew Dragon out of the water and onto the main deck of the ship within an hour after splashdown.

NASA and SpaceX still have work to do to review the systems and flight data to validate the spacecraft’s performance and prepare it to fly astronauts. Already planned upgrades, additional qualification testing, and an in-flight abort test will occur before NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will climb aboard for Demo-2, the crewed flight test to the International Space Station that is necessary to certify Crew Dragon for routine operational missions.

Crew Dragon’s splashdown in the Atlantic was almost 50 years after the return of Apollo 9 on March 13, 1969, the last human spacecraft to return to the waters off the East Coast.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/03/08/crew-dragon-splashes-down-in-atlantic-ending-first-commercial-crew-mission/

centaurinasa · « **Reply #384 on:** 03/08/2019 01:28 pm »

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #385 on:** 03/08/2019 01:32 pm »

Screencap from GO searcher, getting closer to Dragon.

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #386 on:** 03/08/2019 01:35 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #387 on:** 03/08/2019 01:41 pm »

More closer...

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #388 on:** 03/08/2019 01:43 pm »

Getting ready to lift!

centaurinasa · « **Reply #389 on:** 03/08/2019 01:48 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #390 on:** 03/08/2019 01:51 pm »

Lift !

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #391 on:** 03/08/2019 01:53 pm »

In the NEST:

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1104032292891226112

centaurinasa · « **Reply #392 on:** 03/08/2019 01:57 pm »

End of NASA/Space X joint coverage (Thanx to Kate and Dan)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #393 on:** 03/08/2019 01:58 pm »

And coverage is ending. Thanks to all for the coverage!

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/03/eom-spacex-crew-dragons-inaugural-station/ - Article from Chris Gebhardt updated.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1104023934800928768

centaurinasa · « **Reply #394 on:** 03/08/2019 02:02 pm »

https://twitter.com/Commercial_Crew/status/1104033728593121281

Rondaz · « **Reply #395 on:** 03/08/2019 02:33 pm »

Demo-1 Concludes With Crew Dragon Splashdown

Anna Heiney Posted on March 8, 2019

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down at 8:45 a.m. EST about 200 miles off Florida’s east coast, returning from the uncrewed Demo-1 flight test to the International Space Station and the company’s inaugural flight with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The mission, known as Demo-1, is a critical step for NASA and SpaceX to demonstrate the ability to safely fly missions with NASA astronauts to the orbital laboratory.

The Crew Dragon launched March 2 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was the first commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket to launch from American soil on a mission to the space station and autonomously dock to the station. To complete the docking, both the station and Crew Dragon’s adapters used the new international docking standard.

Crew Dragon is returning to Earth some critical research samples from science investigations conducted to enable human exploration farther into space and develop and demonstrate in the U.S. ISS National Laboratory new technologies, treatments, and products for improving life on Earth.

Also traveling aboard the spacecraft is an anthropomorphic test device named Ripley outfitted with sensors to provide data about potential effects on humans traveling in Crew Dragon.

SpaceX’s recovery ship, Go Searcher, is equipped with a crane to lift Crew Dragon out of the water and onto the main deck of the ship within an hour after splashdown.

NASA and SpaceX still have work to do to review the systems and flight data to validate the spacecraft’s performance and prepare it to fly astronauts. Already planned upgrades, additional qualification testing, and an in-flight abort test will occur before NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will climb aboard for Demo-2, the crewed flight test to the International Space Station that is necessary to certify Crew Dragon for routine operational missions.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2019/03/08/demo-1-concludes-with-crew-dragon-splashdown/

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #396 on:** 03/08/2019 02:46 pm »

https://twitter.com/astro_doug/status/1104032043359498240

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Congratulations to @SpaceX and @NASA on the successful completion of Crew Dragon Demonstration-1 test flight! It’s been a joy to watch the teams in action and I can’t wait to climb on board the next one!

jacqmans · « **Reply #397 on:** 03/08/2019 03:21 pm »

March 08, 2019
RELEASE 19-016

SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashdown Marks Success of First NASA Commercial Crew Flight

NASA passed a major milestone Friday in its goal to restore America’s human spaceflight capability when SpaceX’s Crew Dragon returned to Earth after a five-day mission docked to the International Space Station.

About 6 hours after departing the space station, Crew Dragon splashed down at 8:45 a.m. EST approximately 230 miles off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX retrieved the spacecraft from the Atlantic Ocean and is transporting it back to port on thecompany’s recovery ship.

“Today’s successful re-entry and recovery of the Crew Dragon capsule after its first mission to the International Space Station marked another important milestone in the future of human spaceflight,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “I want to onceagain congratulate the NASA and SpaceX teams on an incredible week. Our Commercial Crew Program is one step closer to launching American astronauts on American rockets from American soil. I am proud of the great work that has been done to get us to this point.”

Demonstration Mission-1 (Demo-1) was an uncrewed flight test designed to demonstrate a new commercial capability developed under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission began March 2, when the Crew Dragon launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and racked up a number of “firsts” in less than a week.

First commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket to launch from American soil on a mission to the space station.First commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft to dock with the space station.First autonomous docking of a U.S. spacecraft to the International Space Station.First use of a new, global design standard for the adapters that connect the space station and Crew Dragon, and also will be used for the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s future mission to the Moon.

NASA and SpaceX teams gathered in the early morning hours at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, to follow the spacecraft’s return journey and ocean splashdown.

“We were all very excited to see re-entry, parachute and drogue deploy, main deploy, splashdown – everything happened just perfectly. It was right on time, the way that we expected it to be. It was beautiful,” said Benji Reed, director of crew mission management at SpaceX.

A critical step in validating the performance of SpaceX’s systems, Demo-1 brings the nation a significant step closer to the return of human launches to the space station from U.S soil for the first time since 2011, when NASA flew its last space shuttlemission. However, NASA and SpaceX still have work to do to validate the spacecraft’s performance and prepare it to fly astronauts.

“If you just think about the enormity of this flight and all of the prep that went into it – getting the pad refurbished, getting the flight control room set up, getting the vehicle built, getting the Falcon 9 ready, all of the analysis and mission support that went into it – it’s just been a tremendous job. Our NASA and SpaceX teams worked seamlessly not only in the lead-up to the flight but in how we managed the flight,” said Steve Stich, deputy manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Crew Dragon carried a passenger on this flight test – a lifelike test device named Ripley, which was outfitted with sensors to provide data about potential effects on humans traveling in the spacecraft. After SpaceX processes data from this mission, teams will begin refurbishing Crew Dragon for its next mission, an in-flight abort test targeted to take place this summer. Demo-2, the first crewed test flight, will carry NASA astronautsBob Behnken and Doug Hurley on the spacecraft’s final flight to certify Crew Dragon for routine operational missions.

“For the first time, we’ve gotten to see an end-to-end test, and so now we’ve brought together the people, the hardware and all the processes and procedures, and we’ve gotten to see how they all work together, and that’s very important as we move towardputting people onboard,” said NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, who will crew SpaceX’s first operational mission to the space station following Demo-2. “I’m, personally, very anxious to hear how Ripley is feeling after they pull her out of the capsule and get her onto the recovery vehicle.”

Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew program at:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

John44 · « **Reply #398 on:** 03/08/2019 03:37 pm »

SpaceX Demo-1 Dragon Spacecraft - Splashdown
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6669

SpaceX Demo-1 Dragon Spacecraft - deorbit Burn and Splashdown Coverage
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6670

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #399 on:** 03/08/2019 04:00 pm »

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1104055409348956162

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Dragon Trunk cataloged as object 44064 in a 395 x 401 km orbit, only a bit below ISS which is in a 406 x 411 k m orbit. Looks like the Dep-3 and Dep-4 burns were quite small.