Stitch: for any mission, can be 6 to 30 hours after undocking till splashdown. Depends on when undocking takes place and which landing site is used. Have 3 for this mission: off Jacksonville, off Cape Canaveral, off Pensacola.Crew Dragon has 3 days of consumables.
SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS DISCUSS LIFE IN SPACE WITH NPR AND JAMES CORDENAboard the International Space Station, Expedition 63 Flight Engineers Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken discussed their historic mission on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the orbital laboratory during a pair of in-flight interviews June 24 with CBS’ “Late Late Show with James Corden” and NPR’s “Morning Edition.” Hurley and Behnken arrived on the complex May 31 after launching in Dragon Endeavour atop the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida – the first launch of American astronauts on an American rocket from American soil to the station since the retirement of the space shuttle in July 2011.
Two solar transits of the ISS on June 24 and 25, showing the SpaceX Crew Dragon and, for the first time, the Canadarm2 robotic armIn video: youtu.be/Bku76sBWwME
Since it's a little hard to spot, I marked Dragon Endeavour in a screenshot of Bob's view:
The Los Angeles Basin, where @SpaceX headquarters is located and where Dragon #Endeavour was built. The marine layer receded just enough to see Santa Catalina and San Clemente Islands.
I zoomed in on #Endeavour in this great photo taken by @astro_seal during last week’s spacewalk. We are one month into the DM-2 Test Flight & all systems are working well. @Commercial_Crew & @SpaceX teams are working hard to finalize landing plans for some time in early August.
A stunning image of SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour docked with the International Space Station, taken during a spacewalk by NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy.
Here's a bonus wide shot showing Dragon Endeavour, the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle-9 cargo spacecraft, and the European Columbus laboratory module ― all of which are attached to the U.S. Harmony space station module.
Tracking the #ISS just before dawn during a pass last week, with #SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour parked out front. Field of view is about 0.02 deg wide.11" SCT on an equatorial mount, using homebrew pointing control code to follow the TLE.@metrolinaszabi @Erdayastronaut
NASA says that four of the five crew on the International Space Station tested the "comfort factors" of SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour today, in a one hour demonstration of the spacecraft's habitability.
Russian Cargo Ship Leaves, Crew Tests Dragon’s Comfort FactorsRussia’s Progress 74 (74P) cargo craft departed the International Space Station today leaving four spaceships from the U.S., Russia and Japan parked at the orbital lab. It will be replaced in two weeks when the Progress 76 arrives to replenish the crew.The 74P undocked today at 2:23 p.m. EDT after seven months attached to the Pirs docking compartment. The trash-packed resupply ship will descend into Earth’s atmosphere above the South Pacific for a fiery but safe demise. The 76P will take its place when it launches on July 23 at 10:26 a.m. and docks just three-and-a-half hours later to Pirs.Four out of the five Expedition 63 crew members assessed comfort factors inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon today. This is a demonstration of the Crew Dragon’s habitability ahead of the SpaceX Crew-1 mission planned for later this year.NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who piloted the Crew Dragon, will be joined by station Commander Chris Cassidy and Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin for the one-hour habitability test. The crew will arrange the cabin to suit the four space residents and report their comfort levels to engineers on the ground.While they were setting up Crew Dragon for the test, the three NASA astronauts also had time for ultrasound eye scans, microfluid studies and orbital plumbing work. The two cosmonauts, including Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner, juggled a variety of Russian space research and tested Soyuz crew ship communications gear.Author Mark Garcia Posted on July 8, 2020 Categories Expedition 63
Today is the day! Watch @NASA astronaut @AstroBehnken answer questions live from the @Space_Station at 12:15 pm EDT! Behnken—who launched on the @SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft—will answer prerecorded questions on life in space. Grab your lunch & tune in: nasa.gov/nasalive
