Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM2 : May 30, 2020 : DISCUSSION (Read 138522 times)

Oersted · « **Reply #100 on:** 05/30/2020 08:29 pm »

I'm looking at the SpaceX youtube channel, will there be a press conference soon, interview with the astronauts, or anything?

ace5 · « **Reply #101 on:** 05/30/2020 08:30 pm »

Falcon 9 B1058.1 with Crew Dragon C206 DM-2

wannamoonbase · « **Reply #102 on:** 05/30/2020 08:30 pm »

Smooth as Butter 🧈

Well done, SpaceX, NASA, Bob & Doug

Herb Schaltegger · « **Reply #103 on:** 05/30/2020 08:31 pm »

Quote from: ShaunML09 on 05/30/2020 08:27 pm

Is there a reason no video? I thought I heard something about it during one of the calls but I'm not sure.

Well, during STS days, it was common to not schedule any TV or live video events for a day or more to give crew time for first-orbit tasks, and to get acclimated to zero-g in case they got motion sick. ISS docking will come sooner than that, and these guys are both veterans, so I suspect it's a combo of task loading for the crew, system checkouts and bandwidth limits.

LouScheffer · « **Reply #104 on:** 05/30/2020 08:34 pm »

I'm slightly amused that despite some of the world's most most stringent controls on software and procedures, they still advised the crew to put lens caps on the cameras, to make SURE they don't show the astronauts in their underwear as they doff their spacesuits and put on something more comfortable. Just like folks at home putting masking tape over their webcam when they are not using it.

daedalus1 · « **Reply #105 on:** 05/30/2020 08:36 pm »

I've got to add it to this collection now

Swoopert · « **Reply #106 on:** 05/30/2020 08:42 pm »

Has anyone found a feed of the the audio only? SpaceX Mission Control doesn't have it, and the Nasa Media channel now have the hosts instead of audio only...

ZachS09 · « **Reply #107 on:** 05/30/2020 08:42 pm »

What did Commander Hurley say right as liftoff occurred? I couldn't make it out over the Timer controller.

litton4 · « **Reply #108 on:** 05/30/2020 08:47 pm »

Did I miss them naming the capsule?

MATTBLAK · « **Reply #109 on:** 05/30/2020 08:49 pm »

Any high-resolution launch shots yet?

WannaWalnetto · « **Reply #110 on:** 05/30/2020 08:49 pm »

Still haven’t heard any change of callsign away from “Dragon.” Perhaps that will happen when they briefly take manual control?

JamesH65 · « **Reply #111 on:** 05/30/2020 08:50 pm »

Quote from: ThereIWas3 on 05/30/2020 08:06 pm

Very exciting - we have not seen that for a long time. But as soon as Bridenstein came on we had to turn it off. It was stomach-turning. We will not be watching any more SpaceX/NASA launches.

You need to suck up to Trump, or you lose your job. JB's just politically savvy, knows what to say and when to say it.

trekkie604 · « **Reply #112 on:** 05/30/2020 08:57 pm »

Quote from: WannaWalnetto on 05/30/2020 08:49 pm

Still haven’t heard any change of callsign away from “Dragon.” Perhaps that will happen when they briefly take manual control?

Their zero G indicator was a dinosaur... maybe the capsule's name is going to be Rex or something

jpo234 · « **Reply #113 on:** 05/30/2020 09:00 pm »

What does the external view show? I can't place it...

litton4 · « **Reply #114 on:** 05/30/2020 09:03 pm »

Quote from: jpo234 on 05/30/2020 09:00 pm

What does the external view show? I can't place it...

Thats from the ISS, not Dragon

The white thing on the left is a radiator, on the right is one of the solar arrays.

trekkie604 · « **Reply #115 on:** 05/30/2020 09:09 pm »

The UI on the dragon's console is so cool

Brovane · « **Reply #116 on:** 05/30/2020 09:13 pm »

Quote from: ZachS09 on 05/30/2020 08:42 pm

What did Commander Hurley say right as liftoff occurred? I couldn't make it out over the Timer controller.

"Let's light this candle!!"

ugordan · « **Reply #117 on:** 05/30/2020 09:20 pm »

Quote from: ZachS09 on 05/30/2020 08:42 pm

What did Commander Hurley say right as liftoff occurred? I couldn't make it out over the Timer controller.

"One-alpha!", abort mode through about max-Q. He repeats it shortly after, I guess he assumed a comm dropout as noone seemed to acknowledge the first call.

Metalskin · « **Reply #118 on:** 05/30/2020 09:24 pm »

For those who don't realise yet, there is new merchandise on the store now, including the new zero g indicator rex thingo.

Oersted · « **Reply #119 on:** 05/30/2020 09:26 pm »

The SpaceX channel commentators keep repeating the phrase "American spacecraft launched from American soil"... Never thought about it before, but I am beginning to wonder if it is a small dig at Russia launching its spacecraft from Kazakhstan.