Author Topic: LIVE : SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM2 - May 30, 2020 : UPDATES (Read 129334 times)

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #80 on:** 05/30/2020 04:39 pm »

Crew seated in the Dragon, ready for another try!

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #81 on:** 05/30/2020 04:40 pm »

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #82 on:** 05/30/2020 04:42 pm »

Crew being strapped in

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #83 on:** 05/30/2020 04:44 pm »

Removing patches to go on Dragon!

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #84 on:** 05/30/2020 04:46 pm »

Good to go!

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #85 on:** 05/30/2020 04:46 pm »

Crew working with dragon interface, guess they need the visors to read it

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #86 on:** 05/30/2020 04:48 pm »

Conducting comms check with the crew

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #87 on:** 05/30/2020 04:51 pm »

Comm check complete, seat rotation is next

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #88 on:** 05/30/2020 04:51 pm »

Go for seat rotation!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #89 on:** 05/30/2020 04:51 pm »

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1266774252818235395

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #90 on:** 05/30/2020 04:54 pm »

Seats rotated

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #91 on:** 05/30/2020 04:54 pm »

On to suit leak check per launchnet

Crew reports ready for leak check, Section 4 in work

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #92 on:** 05/30/2020 04:55 pm »

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1266775221618577408

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #93 on:** 05/30/2020 04:57 pm »

Weather from the KSC video feeds

https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #94 on:** 05/30/2020 04:59 pm »

Leakchecks complete! Pad crew starting to close up per launchnet

Crew ready for hatch closure

rdale · « **Reply #95 on:** 05/30/2020 05:03 pm »

1pm EDT - 17Z Weather Update

No notable changes in the big picture. Showers are forming along the sea breeze as expected. There is not much support for the storms in the upper levels of the atmosphere so they are doing what Florida showers do - drop a lot of rain and die as they move east.

Some may be a little stronger than others, but having them form early is good. We want to keep temps in the 80s which reduces the threat of significant storms.

Pic 1: Upper air sounding from the balloon observations at 11am EDT. VERY weak winds.
Pic 2: An upward-looking radar that shows the winds aloft over time. Newest (1230pm) on the left side. It's showing us that the low level southerly winds aren't going as high up as they were earlier, which is pushing those showers to the east.

Here's a brief video of the rapid-scan (every minute) satellite imagery along with WSR-88D radar imagery. https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/video/164843?key=25a969aa57927efec399ba79b650b759

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #96 on:** 05/30/2020 05:04 pm »

within 5 minutes of hatch closure

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #97 on:** 05/30/2020 05:07 pm »

Pad Ninjas working on hatchway breakdown and cleaning

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #98 on:** 05/30/2020 05:09 pm »

Conducting launch escape system health checks per Launchnet

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #99 on:** 05/30/2020 05:10 pm »

Hatch closed!