Quote from: smoliarm on 03/31/2021 08:21 amQuote from: hektor on 03/31/2021 07:50 amThe flight suit boots look different from the previous missions. Have they been modified ?Yes - now the boots are higher and design look different:I believe those are just protective covers on the boots. If you zoom in, you can see they come up over the pleats on the suit legs instead of integrating into the suit.
Quote from: hektor on 03/31/2021 07:50 amThe flight suit boots look different from the previous missions. Have they been modified ?Yes - now the boots are higher and design look different:
The flight suit boots look different from the previous missions. Have they been modified ?
Quote from: StuffOfInterest on 03/31/2021 06:45 pmQuote from: smoliarm on 03/31/2021 08:21 amQuote from: hektor on 03/31/2021 07:50 amThe flight suit boots look different from the previous missions. Have they been modified ?Yes - now the boots are higher and design look different:I believe those are just protective covers on the boots. If you zoom in, you can see they come up over the pleats on the suit legs instead of integrating into the suit.AIUI, boots are NOT integrated into the suit - for both variants. Both boot variants have zippers on the inner side - take closer look.
The flags are also now on the left shoulder instead of the right shoulder, so no need to show the flag "backwards" like was done on the last missions.
Incredible training day @NASAKennedy! Got to test out our new flight suits in the real spacecraft. @SpaceX team has Endeavour and the Falcon 9 looking amazing. GO Crew-2! #nasa #spacex #esa #jaxa #crewdragon
If the 6:11 AM on April 22nd launch date stands for the next three weeks, this twilight launch should be visible for those on the East Coast. It'll be 39 minutes before sunrise on that day.Website: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/Coordinates: 28.6082009, -80.6041298
Great article, as always. No mention is made to any solar panel upgrades for Dragon. I thought this is what limited it's time at the ISS during the Demo 2 mission and for a longer duration flight, changes would be required?
L-3 weeks and we are ready! So proud to be launching to the @Space_Station with this crew. Will you be watching #LaunchAmerica?
April 22, Thursday2 a.m. – Coverage of the launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Endeavour” to the International Space Station and continuous coverage through docking (Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide, Pesquet; launch scheduled at 6:11 a.m. EDT; docking on April 23 scheduled at 5:30 a.m. EDT) – Kennedy Space Center/Johnson Space Center/Hawthorne, Calif. (All Channels)
Yes, but solar panel changes not made on THIS Dragon prior to Crew 1?
NASA and SpaceX are continuing to prepare for the Crew-3 mission, targeted as early as Saturday, Oct. 23, followed by return of Crew-2 no earlier than Sunday, Oct. 31.
Quote from: glanmor05 on 04/05/2021 10:52 amYes, but solar panel changes not made on THIS Dragon prior to Crew 1?Now, I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer but the aren’t the solar panels on the trunk?
If you look closely, you'll notice the members of #Crew2 aren't *just* holding up two fingers, but dirty fingers because they've marked their initials in the soot of their reflow[n] #Falcon9 booster behind them.Possible new crew tradition only applicable to #SpaceX crews??
The space equivalent of writing 'Clean Me' on a dirty car.
