Author Topic: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-2 - LAUNCH - RNDZ - DOCKING: Apr.23/25 - UPDATES (Read 142629 times)

cohberg · « **Reply #440 on:** 07/23/2021 06:23 pm »

A funny inclusion in the FOIA response about the Crew-2 conjunction

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Dragon Wake-up Music: An off-key all-flute version of A-Ha’s “Take On Me”. Apparently selected by Thomas. Not broadcast on the SpaceX webcast, apparently, since we didn’t secure the rights. Perhaps SpaceX legal didn’t have enough time to contact the owner of the Youtube channel “Shittyflute”

For your listening pleasure:

Regarding the conjunction
TDLR: SpaceForce left the dummy object, which they were using as a placeholder for Endeavor, in their catalog and the real Endeavor and this "analyst sat" were predicted to collide.

su27k · « **Reply #441 on:** 07/24/2021 12:23 pm »

Source of the FOIA document: SpaceX False Alarm Encounter with “Unknown Object” – April 2021 – The NASA Documents

Pretty amazing the details included in the FOIA result, NASA even included MS Teams chat logs. Some other Crew-2 tidbits from the document (some may already be discussed during livestream, I don't know since I didn't watch it):
1. Space Force is pretty embarrassed about the mistake, they called NASA to apologize, and they're considering this "an extremely high-visibility failure within the Space Force".
2. There's another collision related alert during countdown, some old Russia satellite is supposed to re-enter but didn't. Fortunately it turns out to be a non-issue, didn't affect the countdown.
3. A Draco sensor malfunctioned during flight, but they have 2 other redundant sensors on the thruster so didn't affect the mission
4. Apparently Draco firing is fairly loud, makes it difficult to sleep through it
5. Some FOD was released when Dragon is separated from Stage 2, not sure how big a deal this is, but it was mentioned
6. There's a mixup with phone line setup, such that SpaceX's flight surgeon couldn't call astronauts to provide PMC (Private Medical Conference?), so they had to kick everyone in Hawthorne mission control out so that the surgeon can use the mission control to talk to astronauts.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #442 on:** 07/25/2021 06:03 pm »

https://twitter.com/astro_megan/status/1419347208307101705

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OK now wait just a second here. @Thom_astro picked that song, and he let our dear @SpaceX instructor take the blame?! Hmmm, may be time for a #Crew2 meeting.🤣😂😆🥲😩😩😩

eeergo · « **Reply #443 on:** 07/26/2021 08:58 am »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/25/2021 06:03 pm

https://twitter.com/astro_megan/status/1419347208307101705

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OK now wait just a second here. @Thom_astro picked that song, and he let our dear @SpaceX instructor take the blame?! Hmmm, may be time for a #Crew2 meeting.🤣😂😆🥲😩😩😩

Related to that

https://twitter.com/ckerwhite/status/1419427717829775361

litton4 · « **Reply #444 on:** 08/05/2021 11:15 am »

Quote from: cohberg on 07/23/2021 06:23 pm

A funny inclusion in the FOIA response about the Crew-2 conjunction

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Dragon Wake-up Music: An off-key all-flute version of A-Ha’s “Take On Me”. Apparently selected by Thomas. Not broadcast on the SpaceX webcast, apparently, since we didn’t secure the rights. Perhaps SpaceX legal didn’t have enough time to contact the owner of the Youtube channel “Shittyflute”

For your listening pleasure:
...

I think in the UK, we'd call that instrument a "Recorder":

Rather than a flute:

The former being used to torture primary school children (and their parents who had to come and listen to the little darlings playing......)

cscott · « **Reply #445 on:** 08/05/2021 03:19 pm »

It's a Recorder in the US, too.

Rondaz · « **Reply #446 on:** 08/05/2021 05:32 pm »

Teamwork even to put on our diving suits @SpaceX!

A timelapse of #Crew2 putting on our spacesuits in preparation for the #CrewDragon relocation last month.

https://twitter.com/Thom_astro/status/1423317352641351691

Rondaz · « **Reply #447 on:** 08/16/2021 07:24 pm »

Got a cool photo of my penthouse suite on @Space_Station, Endeavour, parked on the forward docking port from the Cupola windows. Sleeping in a spaceship is awesome.

https://twitter.com/astro_kimbrough/status/1427284915553452036

jacqmans · « **Reply #448 on:** 08/26/2021 06:48 am »

iss065e281806 (Aug. 21, 2021) --- The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour is pictured docked to the space-facing international docking adapter on the International Space Station's Harmony module.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #449 on:** 09/13/2021 11:21 am »

Another view of Dragon during the recent spacewalk

https://twitter.com/thom_astro/status/1437347282060562434

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Spacewalk 💯. Even if it was just @Aki_Hoshide and me outside, with @Astro_Sabot, @Astro_Megan & @astro_kimbrough on the inside helping, and the best teams on 🌍 on radio we felt like an extension of a well-oiled machine! They even saved some 🍨 for us afterwards. #dreamteam

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #450 on:** 09/23/2021 06:42 pm »

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1441110440231116808

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ASAP’s David West says the Crew-2 Crew Dragon will do a 360-degree flyaround of the ISS after undocking in November; the first by a US spacecraft since the shuttle era.

Ken the Bin · « **Reply #451 on:** 10/27/2021 01:30 pm »

NGA notice for the Crew-2 splashdown:

Quote from: NGA

270832Z OCT 21
NAVAREA IV 973/21(11).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
GULF OF MEXICO.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS:
A. 060355Z TO 060425Z NOV, ALTERNATE 070340Z
TO 070410Z, 071155Z TO 071225Z AND
080310Z TO 080340Z NOV
IN AREA BOUND BY
29-02-27N 080-13-48W, 28-51-00N 080-00-46W,
28-39-32N 080-13-48W, 28-51-00N 080-26-49W.
B. 060400Z TO 060430Z NOV, ALTERNATE 070335Z
TO 070405Z, 070340Z TO 070410Z, 071155Z TO
071225Z AND 080315Z TO 080345Z NOV
IN AREA BOUND BY
29-59-27N 080-35-59W, 29-48-00N 080-22-51W,
29-36-32N 080-35-59W, 29-48-00N 080-49-08W.
C. 060405Z TO 060435Z NOV, ALTERNATE 061210Z
TO 061240Z, 070340Z TO 070410Z, 071150Z TO
071220Z AND 071155Z TO 071225Z NOV
IN AREA BOUND BY
31-06-28N 080-15-00W, 30-55-01N 080-01-40W,
30-43-30N 080-15-00W, 30-55-01N 080-28-19W.
D. 051305Z TO 051335Z NOV, ALTERNATE 070400Z
TO 070430Z, 070410Z TO 070440Z AND
071220Z TO 071250Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
29-57-25N 086-01-40W, 29-45-57N 085-48-32W,
29-34-29N 086-01-40W, 29-45-57N 086-14-49W.
E. 050450Z TO 050520Z NOV, ALTERNATE 070405Z
TO 070435Z, 070410Z TO 070440Z, 070415Z TO
070445Z AND 071220Z TO 071250Z NOV
IN AREA BOUND BY
29-59-27N 087-30-00W, 29-48-00N 087-16-51W,
29-36-32N 087-30-00W, 29-48-00N 087-43-08W.
F. 051300Z TO 051330Z NOV, ALTERNATE 070350Z
TO 070420Z, 071210Z TO 071240Z AND
071220Z TO 071250Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
29-26-27N 084-12-00W, 29-15-00N 083-58-55W,
29-03-32N 084-12-00W, 29-15-00N 084-25-04W.
G. 051300Z TO 051330Z NOV, ALTERNATE 070345Z
TO 070415Z, 071210Z TO 071240Z AND
071220Z TO 071250Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
28-41-27N 083-45-00W, 28-30-00N 083-31-58W,
28-18-32N 083-45-00W, 28-30-00N 083-58-01W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 080445Z NOV 21.

Targeteer · « **Reply #452 on:** 10/29/2021 09:20 pm »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/23/2021 06:42 pm

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1441110440231116808

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ASAP’s David West says the Crew-2 Crew Dragon will do a 360-degree flyaround of the ISS after undocking in November; the first by a US spacecraft since the shuttle era.

Rob Navias confirmed during an interview with the crew that a 2 hour fly around by the departing Dragon of ISS will occur if undocking/splashdown timing allows it. The interview was on the ISSlive streaming feed but will not be released till next week.

Targeteer · « **Reply #453 on:** 10/29/2021 09:23 pm »

Quote from: su27k on 07/24/2021 12:23 pm

Source of the FOIA document: SpaceX False Alarm Encounter with “Unknown Object” – April 2021 – The NASA Documents

Pretty amazing the details included in the FOIA result, NASA even included MS Teams chat logs. Some other Crew-2 tidbits from the document (some may already be discussed during livestream, I don't know since I didn't watch it):
1. Space Force is pretty embarrassed about the mistake, they called NASA to apologize, and they're considering this "an extremely high-visibility failure within the Space Force".
2. There's another collision related alert during countdown, some old Russia satellite is supposed to re-enter but didn't. Fortunately it turns out to be a non-issue, didn't affect the countdown.
3. A Draco sensor malfunctioned during flight, but they have 2 other redundant sensors on the thruster so didn't affect the mission
4. Apparently Draco firing is fairly loud, makes it difficult to sleep through it
5. Some FOD was released when Dragon is separated from Stage 2, not sure how big a deal this is, but it was mentioned
6. There's a mixup with phone line setup, such that SpaceX's flight surgeon couldn't call astronauts to provide PMC (Private Medical Conference?), so they had to kick everyone in Hawthorne mission control out so that the surgeon can use the mission control to talk to astronauts.

Nice to see the details of this mistake were finally made public. Bravo to Mr Greenewald and everyone else who went through the effort of putting in the FOIA request(s) and got them released. Where were the other media outlets? NASA/Space Force should have released them without being forced to...

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #454 on:** 10/30/2021 04:43 am »

Cross-publication on Crew-2. (taken from the last update before the launch of Crew-3)

Quote from: Conexion Espacial on 10/30/2021 04:15 am

This is a summary of the most important points made at the press conference:
5. Crew-2 astronauts are not allowed to use the toilet on Crew Dragon Endeavour and will not be able to use it during their return so they will wear "underwear".
8. If the Crew-3 mission launch is delayed, the Crew-2 crew return is also delayed (currently scheduled for November 4).
9. The second launch opportunity for Crew-3 is Wednesday, November 3 at about 06:10 UTC; if launch occurs on Wednesday, Crew-2's return will be at least November 7.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #455 on:** 10/30/2021 06:10 am »

Cross-post; return now circa November 7:

Quote from: cohberg on 10/30/2021 06:08 am

https://mobile.twitter.com/Commercial_Crew/status/1454324795030507523
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Launch Update @NASA's @SpaceX #Crew3 mission is now targeted for Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 1:10am ET due to a large storm system elevating winds and waves in the Atlantic Ocean along the Crew Dragon flight path for the Oct. 31 launch attempt.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #456 on:** 11/01/2021 08:51 pm »

Crew-2 return further delayed; Crew-3 launch now NET November 6 UTC.

cpushack · « **Reply #457 on:** 11/01/2021 09:45 pm »

and the toilet has become the only news
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/01/tech/spacex-crew-dragon-toilet-crew-2-scn/index.html

snotis · « **Reply #458 on:** 11/03/2021 11:13 pm »

Eric Berger:

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Hearing that the NASA/SpaceX Crew-3 launch will not happen this weekend. Crew-2 now likely to return from orbit before the launch happens.

https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1456038853689626627

SPKirsch · « **Reply #459 on:** 11/05/2021 12:51 am »

Cross-post:

Quote from: Rondaz on 11/04/2021 06:15 pm

Earliest opportunity for #Crew2 undocking is 19:05 CET, Sunday, 7 November. A back-up opportunity is available on Monday. The earliest opportunity for launch of #Crew3 is 03:51 CET, Tuesday, 9 November, if mission teams do not pursue the return of #Crew2 on 7/8 November.

https://twitter.com/esa/status/1456325673199484933