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SECO!
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Stage 1 has landed!

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Crew is in orbit!

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Touchdown!

T+10 minutes.
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T+11 minutes.
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https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1328135198173630464

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Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX on today's launch. It’s a testament to the power of science and what we can accomplish by harnessing our innovation, ingenuity, and determination. I join all Americans and the people of Japan in wishing the astronauts Godspeed on their journey.

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Dragon Resilience spacecraft separation!
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Separation!
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T+13 minutes. Nosecone should have deployed 12 seconds ago.
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Crew Dragon has separated from Falcon 9’s second stage and is on its way to the @space_station for its first operational mission! Autonomous docking tomorrow at ~11:00 p.m. EST
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Confirmation of nosecone deploy.
« Last Edit: 11/15/2020 11:42 pm by Steven Pietrobon »
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Nosecone opening!
Great launch.  Thanks for the coverage today!  Continue watching for updates in this thread!
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They could see the booster coming down.
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Showing mission highlights.
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Live mission coverage continues next.

End of SpaceX livestream.

Congratulations to SpaceX and NASA for the successful launch!
« Last Edit: 11/15/2020 11:49 pm by Steven Pietrobon »
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Liftoff! Resilience Dragon is headed to the ISS after launching atop a Falcon 9.

Godspeed to Crew-1 astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi.

Captured by @johnkrausphotos for Supercluster

https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1328138339409649665

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Coverage is continuing.
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Initial orbit is 190x210 km.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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