The fairing catchers are moving fast and are due back at Port Canaveral TODAY (19th) between approximately 4pm and 8pm ET.
It's time to shake some rust off🤯, we've gone all in on beauty📽️🚀Sneak peek at another team-up with @Erdayastronaut and @OPT_Telescopes: high-speed telescope-tracking of @SpaceX #Starlink6 liftoffMusic by our friend @WAAAmusic, his new mix BLUE DOT VI drops tomorrow🤩
Looks like Ms. Chief's fairing half took some damage. #SpaceX #SpaceXFleet @SpaceXFleet
Ms. Tree returned to port with a fairing half she fished out of the water. #SpaceX #SpaceXFleet @SpaceXFleet
Ms.Tree and Ms.Chief arrived at Port Canaveral. Both were carrying fairings onboard. @SpaceXFleet 1 looked intact but was under a tarp and the other half looked to be broken.
MS.Chiefs fairing RIP
Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief returned to @PortCanaveral this morning with both fairings on board. Ms. Chief carrying the broken one. Not sure what's the status of the covered one on Ms. Tree. Please forgive the black spot in the photos...I forgot to clean my lens.
SpaceX's Go MsTree, shown here, came in with a complete fairing that was lifted out of the water & placed on the trailer for return to #SpaceX for refurbishment. Go MsChief brought back a fairing that is in at least 2 pieces that will not have the same fate. #NASA #Space 1/2
#SpaceX's Go MsChief, shown here, came in with a fairing that was in at least 2 pieces. It was returned to the warehouse for further damage assessment. It will be interesting to see how much damage has been done to the halves & if there are any usable parts left. #NASA #Space 2/2
SpaceX Starlink mission 6 returned 1 nice slightly used fairing and 1.....well, 1 in need of repair. Both fairings are in #SpaceX facilities this afternoon undergoing assessment. Second fairing has no future but possibly some equipment can be salvaged for future use. #NASA #Space
OCISLY has returned to port canaveral. #SpaceX #SpaceXFleet
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NASA reps from Commercial Crew program join @SpaceX investigation into premature shutdown of one of the 9 Merlin engines on the Falcon 9 that launched 3/18 on Starlink-6 mission.
Almost all technical issues for Demo-2 are resolved. In regard to parachutes, SpaceX performed a test on Easter Sunday, with one final test to go. Engine-out investigation is close to being finished.
Any insights to cause/results?
Yes, but since the conclusions are tentative I don't want to share. It appears to not be a significant issue related to hardware.
Small amount of isopropyl alcohol (cleaning fluid) was trapped in a sensor dead leg & ignited in flight
A source told Ars that the company has already replicated the problem during tests and that fixing it will require changing some cleaning procedures. This should have no effect on the upcoming Crew Dragon launch.
https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1256248884168404992Quote NASA commercial crew manager Kathy Lueders says NASA has cleared the Merlin engines for the Demo-2 launch after the anomaly on the March F9 launch. working through reviews leading up to agency flight readiness review on May 20.
NASA commercial crew manager Kathy Lueders says NASA has cleared the Merlin engines for the Demo-2 launch after the anomaly on the March F9 launch. working through reviews leading up to agency flight readiness review on May 20.
