SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : 2 Mar 2023 (05:34 UTC)

• #500 by Steven Pietrobon on 02 Mar, 2023 04:59
• KSC Deputy Director.

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• #501 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 05:00
• https://twitter.com/thenasaman/status/1631171794051768320
  
  

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  Liftoff! The #Crew6 astronauts liftoff aboard Crew Dragon Endeavour on a Falcon 9 from historic LC-39A. Good luck crew, see you in 6 months, enjoy your stay on the ISS!
  
  Learn all about the mission and crew from @NASASpaceflight : nasaspaceflight.com/2023/03/crew-6…

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• #502 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 05:07
• Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 02 Mar, 2023 04:52

  Nose cone deploying using backup motors for the release hooks.
  

  
  Specifically, they switched to backup motors for hard capture hook 5.
• #503 by Steven Pietrobon on 02 Mar, 2023 05:09
• End of webcast. Congratulations to SpaceX and NASA for the successful launch!

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• #504 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 05:10
• https://twitter.com/commercial_crew/status/1631174858590519299
  
  

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  The @SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour, to the @Space_Station, has safely reached orbit, and the nosecone has been opened.
  
  Join us for a post-launch news conference at approximately 2:30am EST.
  nasa.gov/nasalive
• #505 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 05:12
• Congratulations to SpaceX, NASA, Roscosmos and the UAE on reaching orbit!
  
  That puts the total number of people SpaceX have put into orbit at 34 (coincidentally similar to Blue Origin’s suborbital total of 32 on New Shepard).
• #506 by AS_501 on 02 Mar, 2023 05:14
• I think I saw the brief greenish color of the igniter fluid at engine start.
  This stuff never gets old!
• #507 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 05:18
• Quote from: AS_501 on 02 Mar, 2023 05:14

  I think I saw the brief greenish color of the igniter fluid at engine start.
  This stuff never gets old!
  

  
  Yep, attached

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• #508 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 05:19
• https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1631176622207295489
  
  

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  Liftoff of Dragon Endeavour and Crew-6!
  
  Falcon 9 performed another flawless launch carrying 4 humans to the International Space Station. This was the 9th successful crewed launch for SpaceX.
  
  Mission overview: nasaspaceflight.com/2023/03/crew-6…

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• #509 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 05:23
• https://twitter.com/trevormahlmann/status/1631176662405591042
  
  

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  Falcon 9 shot on the @CanonUSApro RF 1200mm with a light crop in & no filter, taking Crew-6 to orbit early this morning from the space coast of Florida🚀🌌
• #510 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 05:36
• https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1631176987535454208
  
  

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  Liftoff of Falcon 9, Dragon, and Crew-6

  
  https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1631181894493560832
• #511 by Alexphysics on 02 Mar, 2023 05:42
• Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 02 Mar, 2023 04:22

  Crew in front of the first stage they were going to use, but was replaced with a new first stage.
  

  
  It was funny when they said that cause that ain't true. That booster is B1060 and I can assure you they were never going to fly on that one, it was already past 10 flights in that shot. That's two SpaceX crew missions in a row where Derrol gets booster stuff wrong. He had said during Crew-5 coverage that their booster would be used on Crew-6 when B1078 had already been assigned to this mission. It seems to me like those scripts they use on the NASA broadcast should at least be proofed by technical folks before making it out to the livestreams 😅😅
• #512 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 05:44
• An important new record …
  
  https://twitter.com/starstryder/status/1631168680003239936
  
  

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  It's gone to 11 folks!
  
  The number of toilets in space has GONE TO 11!
  
  4 on the ISS,
  2 on the Tiangong space station,
  1 on Shenzhou 14,
  1 on Soyuz MS-22,
  1 on Soyuz MS-23,
  1 on Crew Dragon Freedom,
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  1 on Crew Dragon Endeavour. 
  
  This is a new space record.
• #513 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 05:45
• #514 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 05:58
• https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1631186830774222851
  
  

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  Steve, Woody, Sultan, and Andrey sail into the night atop Falcon 9, marking the 4th mission for their spaceship Dragon Endeavour. #Crew6
  
  youtube.com/live/HYujVh5Lo…

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• #515 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 06:14
• NASA launch photos

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• #516 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 06:17
• Press conference in about 15 mins
  
  
• #517 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 06:43
• https://twitter.com/bubbinski/status/1631197192118730754
  
  

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  Stich: smooth countdown, great launch. Replaced 2 filters in TEA-TEB system. Worked great tonight. Had an issue w/hydraulic system early in countdown, replaced a seal and it worked. Watched weather carefully, winds at staging area held right at limits. #Crew6

  
  https://twitter.com/bubbinski/status/1631197409396297729
  
  

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  Stich: Dragon doing well in orbit. Had issue with sensor on one nose hook, but worked nominally with backup sensor. Thanks to SpX for working so hard to get here. #Crew6
• #518 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 06:44
• https://twitter.com/bubbinski/status/1631197632214323200
  
  

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  Stich: crew doing well. Off duty period from 2 am to 10 pm tonight (ET). Great to see smiling faces on orbit. #Crew6
• #519 by FutureSpaceTourist on 02 Mar, 2023 06:44
• https://twitter.com/bubbinski/status/1631198053230321665
  
  

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  Contella: Congratulating all the teams involved. ISS is doing great. Is a busy place. Moving Rubio’s liner to Soyuz MS-23.
  
  (Sidebar: there will be 11 people in orbit on ISS for a few days, plus 3 on Tiangong. Now 14 people in orbit)