Author Topic: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-7 : KSC LC-39A : 26 August 2023 (07:27 UTC) (Read 163617 times)

catdlr · « **Reply #400 on:** 08/26/2023 09:09 am »

From presser: Fly-around scheduled before docking.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #401 on:** 08/26/2023 09:10 am »

https://twitter.com/austindesisto/status/1695362827559600598

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The chaos below 🔥

@Erdayastronaut

catdlr · « **Reply #402 on:** 08/26/2023 09:11 am »

and for those who want to listen to Audo on the SpaceX Mission Audio:

Crew-7 Mission Control Audio

Targeteer · « **Reply #403 on:** 08/26/2023 09:13 am »

N2O5 sensor reading was less that 0.5 parts per million

catdlr · « **Reply #404 on:** 08/26/2023 09:15 am »

Staging at 2:50 into video

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #405 on:** 08/26/2023 09:20 am »

twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1695365212252102963

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At the post-launch briefing, SpaceX's Benji Reed says the sensor issue noted during the Crew-7 countdown was detection of a small amount of vapor that could be a propellant leak. Analysis showed that it was well within the margins of the system.

Edit to add:

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1695366643004678469

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Reed added the issue was cleared in the last two minutes of the countdown.

Targeteer · « **Reply #406 on:** 08/26/2023 09:26 am »

Outstanding question from Bill Harwood about the unsat delay on explaining the scrub yesterday

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #407 on:** 08/26/2023 09:33 am »

https://twitter.com/trevormahlmann/status/1695367402920264151

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#Crew7 launches to the @Space_Station, captured (thanks to the sound of nine Merlins singing) by my camera a third of a mile away🚀

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #408 on:** 08/26/2023 09:42 am »

Benji Reed: looking to bring Dragon capability at pad 40 online around end of this year / early next [I assume uncrewed at that point, based on previous SpaceX statements]

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #409 on:** 08/26/2023 10:07 am »

A selection of NASA launch photos from flickr

nicp · « **Reply #410 on:** 08/26/2023 10:34 am »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 08/26/2023 07:55 am

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1695343972040753208

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SpaceX timeline called for 11-seconds of entry burn (short, but for RTLS), but this Booster only burned for about three seconds. Then fought a fair bit during the return but still managed to land!

Secondary to the smooth crew launch on Dragon, which all went well, but it is fascinating if the booster had an entry burn issue, but STILL got back to the landing site OK! Or SpaceX changed something and didn't update their timeline.

Let's see if we get an official answer during post-launch presser.

Just watched it, wow, that was a spicy entry and landing. It's a new booster I think? If there wasn't a fault could there perhaps be modifications to this Falcon 9 to reduce entry burn duration, such as an improved heat shield?
But I'm drifting off topic...

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #411 on:** 08/26/2023 11:26 am »

https://twitter.com/tylerg1998/status/1695390520371999142

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Falcon Flames Licking Launch Complex 39A. 🔥 @NASASpaceflight

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #412 on:** 08/26/2023 11:44 am »

Docking stream:

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #413 on:** 08/26/2023 01:00 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1695410799966404921

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Falcon 9 launches Crew-7, Dragon’s tenth human spaceflight to the @space_station

Booster looks good after its sporty reentry and landing

TALsite · « **Reply #414 on:** 08/26/2023 01:01 pm »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 08/26/2023 08:49 am

https://twitter.com/_mgde_/status/1695355935512731694

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Outbound and down.

Falcon 9, Dragon Endurance, and a new crew of 4 climb into the stars & onwards to humanity’s greatest outpost: the ISS.

📸 - @NASASpaceflight

Awesome pic!

It reminds me "Back to the future III" film

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #415 on:** 08/26/2023 01:19 pm »

The life of a Crew-7 SpaceX ninja:

https://twitter.com/haleykesparza/status/1695404742284017827

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9/25, 1:00pm: wake up ✅
9/25, 11:30pm: help friends get dressed✅
9/26, 3:27am: launch people to space✅
9/26, 6:40am: wheels up from MCO✅
9/26, 11:15am: wheels down in Wisconsin
9/26, 4:00pm: family event
9/26, 11:59pm: sleep (🤞🏻)
9/27, 9:00am: breakfast
9/27, 3:00pm: wheels up
9/27, 11:15pm: wheels down in LA
9/28, 8:00am start time for astronaut training

I genuinely love my life ❤️

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #416 on:** 08/26/2023 01:26 pm »

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #417 on:** 08/26/2023 01:27 pm »

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #418 on:** 08/26/2023 02:03 pm »

https://twitter.com/nasa_johnson/status/1695436290047533113

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GO Crew-7! 🤩🚀

Our docking coverage for #Crew7 will begin tomorrow at 6:45 a.m. EDT

Docking is slated for 8:39 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27. Tune in: https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

Herb Schaltegger · « **Reply #419 on:** 08/26/2023 02:21 pm »

Just waking up here on my Saturday morning and catching up with launch replays. Yeah that booster entry and landing sure seemed odd. Watching the landing replay, even though I know it landed had successfully, I still sort of held my breath for a second after shutdown. I’ll be curious if we see any daylight photos of the landed booster this morning before it’s recovered.

Second observation was during opening of the nosecone, it seemed like there was more debris than normal. I know the camera lens distortion and focus issues make it impossible to clearly judge size and shape, but there was a lot of stuff it seems to me. I’m not sure I’ve watched nosecone openings much in recent Crew Dragon flights so not sure how common it is to see that much.