Bowersox: still deciding length of Demo-2 mission but expect will do some EVAs with Behnken and Cassidy by end of July and then will start thinking abt bringing them back in August when winds are light bc this Dragon has tighter landing constraints re wind.
NASA acting director of human spaceflight Ken Bowersox:The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is performing "very well" and astronauts Bob Behnken & Doug Hurley will likely stay on the ISS for at least 2 months."We'd like to get them home sometime in August."
The view from Dragon today @Space_Station.
Mark your calendars 📅One June 26 and July 1, two @NASA_Astronauts will embark on spacewalks to upgrade the power systems of the @Space_Station, following up on the battery swap work that began last year and continued into January: go.nasa.gov/2AXIyIE
I stayed up late last night to spend some time looking out the window. It was a beautiful day to see the Great Lakes and my childhood home in upstate New York.
SPACE STATION CREW MEMBER DISCUSSES LIFE IN SPACE WITH THE MEDIA Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 63 Flight Engineers Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley of NASA discussed the progress of their mission on the orbital outpost during a series of in-flight interviews June 16 with CBS News, CNN Business News and Fox Business News. Behnken and Hurley launched on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft May 30 and arrived at the station on May 31, marking the first launch of U.S. astronauts on an American spacecraft from American soil to the station since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011.
Lueders: Still looking at early August for return of Behnken and Hurley to wrap up SpaceX Demo-2.
NASA's Kathy Lueders says Dragon Endeavour has been "waking up every week" for a check-up before going back into a sleep mode."The crew on orbit have been taking it through its paces ... so far she's been doing great."
Lueders: "One of the things we want to make sure of is how comfortable is the vehicle with all 4 crew members in. How able are you to do all the tasks you need to do with all 4 crew members in it and we're getting ready to do that demonstration."
NASA Johnson FollowThe SpaceX Crew Dragon also known as Endeavouriss063e026772 (June 8, 2020) --- The SpaceX Crew Dragon, also known as Endeavour, is pictured docked to the Harmony module's International Docking Adapter on the forward portion of the International Space Station.
Is that the Japanese vv? Is it the camera angle or is it quite close and above the dragon?
Bob and Doug briefing mission control on their experience flying in Dragon Endeavour after arriving on station.
NASA’s Gulfstream V jet is scheduled for “DM-2 Direct Return Mission” from August 15-17, returning the Demo-2 crew to Houston. Dragon Endeavour’s splashdown off the coast of Florida should then occur on or just before those dates. https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/content/DM-2_Direct_Return_Mission?date_instance=20200815
Happy #FathersDay from just a few of the dads on @Space_Station today. My family put together a wonderful video greeting for me showing how the day would have gone if I was home. Think I can talk them into just giving me that day when I get home in a few weeks?
Love that all 3 are wearing DM-2. Also is that the captured flag far left?
Here is the simulated view from my worksite during upcoming @Space_Station spacewalks. Should be an awesome view of the @SpaceX Dragon capsule now known as #Endeavour!
NASA is hosting a pre-spacewalk briefing now, as astronauts Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken will go outside the space station on July 1 to upgrade some of the ISS batteries. You can tune in here: youtube.com/watch?v=oPiv_v…
NASA commercial crew manager Steve Stich on Demo-2 and SpaceX Dragon Endeavour:"The vehicle is doing extremely well as we put it through its paces."
Stich: Today NASA will power up Dragon Endeavour to do a systems check, "learning how to manage the systems -- the heaters and thermal performance -- as we go through the changes in the orbit."
Stich: "We've been watching the power generation of Dragon," which is "generating more power than we expected. That's going extremely well right now." "Should have about 114 or more days of capability" from Crew Dragon's solar arrays.
Stitch: Crew-1 Dragon moving along. Expect to ship to KSC by end of July. Has more capability than Demo-2, can dock at zenith port. Launch vehicle coming along too. Good position for launch "later this year." Think need 6 wks to review DM-2 data and launch Crew-1.
When will @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug return to Earth? “It looks like the first opportunity to undock and come home would be around August the 2nd.” @Commercial_Crew program manager Steve Stich says our #LaunchAmerica astronauts could come home in the August time frame.
