Author Topic: LIVE : SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM2 - May 30, 2020 : UPDATES (Read 129329 times)

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #320 on:** 05/30/2020 10:44 pm »

Bob: Welcome aboard Endeavour!
Bob showing us around the screens they have. Cool views - has a live camera in front of them. Also have a button panel below the screens.
"New, updated cockpit from our Shuttle Endeavour"

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #321 on:** 05/30/2020 10:44 pm »

View from Doug's seat, what he can see when he's strapped in - tight quarters, but trying to demonstrate what capabilities we have in Zero-G:

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #322 on:** 05/30/2020 10:45 pm »

Backflip (sidespin)!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #323 on:** 05/30/2020 10:45 pm »

Emotional Elon:

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1266863044791078913

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #324 on:** 05/30/2020 10:46 pm »

Stowaway on the flight, collected all the dinosaurs from both houses (Doug and Bob's children), they chose this one!

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #325 on:** 05/30/2020 10:47 pm »

Very Apollo-era tour for those of us not around in the Apollo days. Back into the seats! Thanking SpaceX, NASA, and the American people for today's accomplishment. Very proud.

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #326 on:** 05/30/2020 10:48 pm »

Media event over aboard Capsule Endeavour. Team signing off and heading to pre-sleep period now.

Oersted · « **Reply #327 on:** 05/30/2020 10:50 pm »

The stow-away on Endeavour is an apatosaurus called "Tremor" :-)

Rocket Science · « **Reply #328 on:** 05/30/2020 10:55 pm »

Message to Dmitry Rogozin...
Elon Musk: "Dmityry, The Trampoline is working"...

Oersted · « **Reply #329 on:** 05/30/2020 11:15 pm »

Bridenstine commenting on his tweet 8 months ago where he asked SpaceX to deliver: "Since then SpaceX has delivered everything we asked and faster than we could imagine!" (paraphrased)

Oersted · « **Reply #330 on:** 05/30/2020 11:27 pm »

Elon chokes up when he is asked how it is, as a dad, to try to ensure that two other dads come back safe to their kids. Says that reentry in some way is more dangerous than launch, so they haven't called victory yet.

Bridenstine comes in and supports Elon by saying that SpaceX has a safety culture that NASA has come to respect.

Oersted · « **Reply #331 on:** 05/30/2020 11:29 pm »

Flight around the Moon:

Elon, "it is not out out of the question that it can be done in two years. I'll be surprised if it will be more than four".

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #332 on:** 05/30/2020 11:34 pm »

Media presser is over. Ended with Jim Bridenstein giving major kudos to Doug and Bob for having such nerves of steel today, yet being loose and able to joke around with everyone. "True American heroes."

Doug and Bob's day is just about over - I'll conclude my coverage today. Won't be here for tomorrow's approach and docking, so I'll be watching from work!

Oersted · « **Reply #333 on:** 05/30/2020 11:40 pm »

Final remark by Bridenstine:

- An extremely gracious tribute to Charlie Bolden.

- About Bob and Doug, American heroes, making jokes on launch day, loose and relaxed.

- On SpaceX: they don't call the astronauts Bob and Doug, they call them "the dads", which represents how much SpaceX cares for their safety.

rdale · « **Reply #334 on:** 05/30/2020 11:48 pm »

Sunday 5/31/2020 NASA TV Schedule (EDT)

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #335 on:** 05/30/2020 11:52 pm »

MCC to Crew: Twinkle twinkle little star, good night!

Crew turning in for the next 8 hours.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #336 on:** 05/31/2020 12:45 am »

Launch photos from NASA

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #337 on:** 05/31/2020 12:50 am »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1266888196224430080

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Tracking data suggests that Falcon 9 has been secured and that 'Of Course I Still Love You' droneship is on the move.

OneSpeed · « **Reply #338 on:** 05/31/2020 02:13 am »

Here is a comparison between the DM1 and DM2 launch telemetry.
1. The first difference is that the DM2 telemetry display only appeared at about T+00:14, so I've assumed that those 14 seconds were identical for both flights.
2. The throttle bucket profile was identical.
3. Both flights throttled back at the 140 second mark, but DM2 less so.
4. DM2 staged a little lower and faster, leading to a less lofted S2 profile.
5. DM2 maintained an essentially constant throttle for the entire S2 burn, unlike DM1, which throttled up at about 230 seconds, and then down at 458 and 524 seconds.

AS_501 · « **Reply #339 on:** 05/31/2020 02:38 am »

Nice pass of ISS followed by Dragon (NW to E) around 9:50 pm as observed from 20 miles north of Pittsburgh. Anybody else in the Middle Atlantic and Northeast states see this? NO WORDS!