posted 11-11-2020 11:08 AM
Given Hurricane Eta's path, is SpaceX planning on rolling the Falcon 9 back inside it's "hangar" for the next day or two?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-11-2020 01:02 PM
At this time, there is no word of a rollback.
Speaking of the weather though, the 45th Space Wing issued its first forecast for the launch, predicting a 60 percent chance of favorable conditions on Saturday (Nov. 14) with the primary concern being cumulus clouds. The forecast remains the same for a 24-hour scrub.
SpaceAholic Member
Posts: 4839 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-11-2020 07:45 PM
Eta may get a vote at the abort sites.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-13-2020 03:16 PM
From NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (via Twitter):
Update: Due to onshore winds and recovery operations, NASA and SpaceX are targeting launch of the Crew-1 mission with astronauts to the space station at 7:27 p.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 15. The first stage booster is planned to be reused to fly astronauts on Crew-2.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-15-2020 10:59 AM
From SpaceX (via Twitter):
All systems are go for tonight's launch at 7:27 p.m. EST of Crew Dragon's first operational mission with four astronauts on board. Teams are keeping an eye on weather conditions for liftoff, which are currently 50% favorable.
NASA live video
Tune in starting at 3:15 p.m. EST and get ready to #LaunchAmerica! Join us for live coverage of SpaceX Crew-1, the first crew rotation flight to the International Space Station by a U.S. commercial spacecraft.
The Crew Dragon "Resilience" will carry astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker of NASA and Soichi Noguchi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) to the station.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-15-2020 01:12 PM
Move over steak and eggs... from Soichi Noguchi (via Twitter):
Launch day tradition: big thanks for NASA food team for curry rice on departure breakfast!
capoetc Member
Posts: 2248 From: McKinney TX (USA) Registered: Aug 2005
posted 11-15-2020 04:50 PM
I have not yet seen anything regarding this, so I thought I would point out a possible first for the US manned space program:
I believe this will be the first time that a US spacecraft has launched with a Commander who is not a military-trained pilot. Crew Dragon Commander Michael S. Hopkins attended US Air Force Test Pilot School as a flight test engineer, but he was not trained as a pilot (although he does have a private pilot license).
His Pilot, Victor Glover, was trained as a Navy pilot (F-18's), and he is also a test pilot.
I cannot think of a previous US manned space mission that was commanded by an individual who was not a military-trained pilot. I am not suggesting that is a good or bad thing, just saying I think it is a first.
I am sure someone will correct me if I am mistaken.
brianjbradley Member
Posts: 130 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2010
posted 11-15-2020 05:31 PM
Can only mean trust and confidence in the launch system. Tom Marshburn may be assigned to command an upcoming flight, and he has no military experience outside of NASA-training.
GACspaceguy Member
Posts: 2701 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006
posted 11-15-2020 07:18 PM
We got a great view of Crew-1 going uphill. About one and a half minutes after launch it appeared from behind the trees. It disappeared until the second stage burn and with binoculars I could see it to the edge of the north-east horizon. Spectacular!
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-15-2020 09:12 PM
SpaceX has informed the Dragon crew of a problem with three propellant line heaters. Flight rules require at least two of the four heaters in a thruster quad to be working during all phases of flight, including when docked to the space station.
At present, three of the four heaters in one quad are disabled. Propellant temperatures are around 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 degrees Celsius). The heaters are designed to keep the propellant above 60 degrees F (15 degrees C).
The issue is not considered time critical and SpaceX mission control in Hawthorne is troubleshooting.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-15-2020 11:28 PM
SpaceX flight controllers were able to recover the propellant line heaters, restoring "full fault tolerance," or redundancy, so that issue is now resolved.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-16-2020 01:35 PM
The view from aboard Resilience.
"I wish you all could be up here with us, but rest assured you're up here with us in spirit," said Crew-1 commander Mike Hopkins.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-16-2020 04:04 PM
The crew concluded a brief tour of Resilience by presenting Victor Glover with his gold astronaut pin.
brianjbradley Member
Posts: 130 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2010
posted 11-17-2020 11:34 AM
I have often wondered with the timing of visiting vehicles (docking, ingress, egress and undocking), often the time falls outside the standard GMT work day hours. Does the ISS crew sleep shift?
SkyMan1958 Member
Posts: 1042 From: CA. Registered: Jan 2011
posted 11-25-2020 05:10 PM
Just wondering, does anyone know what the Dragon 2 internal atmospheric pressure is, what gases are used, and what are their ratios? Is this the same pressure and gas mix as the ISS? Thank you!
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-25-2020 06:40 PM
The space station's atmosphere is 21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen at 14.7 psi. NASA's requirements for commercial crew vehicles are to maintain a 19.4% to 22.7% oxygen level at 14.0 to 14.9 psi.
Crew Dragon (or Dragon 2) uses both gaseous oxygen and nitrox, the latter a mixture of 23% oxygen and 77% nitrogen, to maintain breathable conditions in the cabin. More can be read in this paper about the development of the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) for Dragon.
quote:Originally posted by brianjbradley: Does the ISS crew sleep shift?
Mission planners try to keep activities to when the crew would normally be awake, but when needed, yes, they do sleep shift. For example, from a Nov. 19 update:
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins had a long day Wednesday as she assisted cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov during their six-hour and 48-minute spacewalk. The trio had an extended sleep shift Thursday having also adjusted their schedules at the beginning of the week to welcome the four astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon.
astro-nut Member
Posts: 1014 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006
posted 12-29-2020 02:13 PM
During the SpaceX Crew 1 walkout at the Operations and Checkout Building, I noticed that astronaut Stephanie Wilson was support for Andy Thomas.
Does anyone else know who the support astronauts were for Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins and Soichi Noguchi?
MSS Member
Posts: 887 From: Europe Registered: May 2003
posted 03-29-2021 01:23 PM
NASA release
NASA TV to Air First US Commercial Crew Port Relocation on Space Station
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts aboard the International Space Station will mark another first for commercial spaceflight Monday, April 5, when the four astronauts will relocate the Crew Dragon spacecraft to prepare for the arrival of new crew members in late April and the upcoming delivery of new solar arrays this summer.
Live coverage will begin at 6 a.m. EDT on NASA Television.
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, will undock Crew Dragon Resilience from the forward port of the station's Harmony module at 6:29 a.m. and dock to the space-facing port at 7:15 a.m.
The relocation will free Harmony's forward port for the docking of Crew Dragon Endeavour, set to carry four crew members to the station on NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet are scheduled to launch to the station Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Crew-1 astronauts will depart the station and return to Earth in late April or early May, leaving the space-facing port of Harmony vacant. A Dragon cargo spacecraft carrying several tons of supplies and the first set of new solar arrays for the space station is scheduled to launch this summer, and requires the space-facing port position to enable robotic extraction of the arrays from Dragon's trunk using Canadarm2.
This will be the first port relocation of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission lifted off Nov. 15, 2020, and docked to the space station Nov. 16. The mission is the first of six certified crew missions NASA and SpaceX planned as a part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program.
MSS Member
Posts: 887 From: Europe Registered: May 2003
posted 04-01-2021 02:02 PM
From Crew-1 commander Mike Hopkins (via Twitter):
Slipped back into our spacesuits for the upcoming port relocation of SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience on Monday. We'll take a short ride in Dragon to move from the Harmony forward port to the Harmony zenith port in order to make room for our new crewmates!
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-04-2021 08:57 PM
NASA video
On Monday, April 5 starting at 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT), watch the first-ever port relocation for a U.S. commercial spacecraft. Four astronauts will undock their SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" from the International Space Station's Harmony module forward port and take a short ride to re-dock at Harmony's zenith, or space-facing port.
The autonomous relocation maneuver, taking about 45 minutes, will prepare for the arrival of NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts in late April, and the upcoming delivery of new solar arrays this summer.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-26-2021 10:20 AM
NASA video
Hear from NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts ahead of their return to Earth! At 12:30 p.m. EDT, join NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi for a Q&A about their six-month mission and upcoming departure from the International Space Station.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-01-2021 02:29 PM
From SpaceX (via Twitter):
After a six-month stay, Dragon and the Crew-1 astronauts are set to depart from the space station tonight at 8:35 p.m. ET and return to Earth. Weather conditions off the coast of Florida continue to look good for tomorrow's splashdown at about 2:57 a.m.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-01-2021 05:24 PM
NASA video
The hatch of the Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft is targeted to close at approximately 6:20 p.m. EDT (22:20 UTC) on Saturday (May 1), and then the spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station at approximately 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 GMT May 2) to begin the journey home.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-01-2021 07:11 PM
NASA video
Undocking from the International Space Station is scheduled at approximately 8:35 p.m. EDT Sat., May 1 (00:35 UTC Sun., May 2).
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-02-2021 01:58 AM
NASA video
Four astronauts are on their way home. Join us for the final leg of their journey from the International Space Station back to Earth, as the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience re-enters Earth's atmosphere and splashes down at about 2:57 a.m. EDT (6:57 UTC) Sun., May 2, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-02-2021 04:54 AM
From Tony Casey, NASA WB-57 pilot (via Twitter):
Great honor to video the Crew 1 return tonight. Flew some stickers for some honored friends along with a coin given to me by Vic Glover.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-02-2021 11:45 AM
Crew-1 is back in Houston. From Mike Hopkins (via Twitter):
Feels great to be back on Earth! I might miss the views outside of my Resilience room window tonight, but I'm happy to be home.
Posts: 130 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2010
posted 05-02-2021 03:34 PM
Yes, that is Reid Wiseman. He is Chief of the Astronaut Office.
SkyMan1958 Member
Posts: 1042 From: CA. Registered: Jan 2011
posted 05-02-2021 04:00 PM
Congratulations to SpaceX and NASA for a safe and successful mission!
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-02-2021 09:58 PM
Crew-2 mission specialist and Expedition 65 flight engineer Thomas Pesquet of NASA captured photos of Crew Dragon Resilience reentering Earth's atmosphere with the Crew-1 astronauts:
Crazy to think that six hours ago after we closed the hatch on our friends they were in that fireball streaking through the night sky over the gulf of Mexico. We got up early and hoped to catch a glimpse of their reentry... we were not disappointed. This is a sight I'll remember all my life.
RichieB16 Member
Posts: 625 From: Oregon Registered: Feb 2003
posted 05-05-2021 04:22 PM
Does anyone know the landing coordinates for SpaceX Crew-1?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 46202 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-05-2021 04:45 PM
Per NASA, the coordinates were not released (in part due to the extra precautions taken after the DM-2 splashdown was inundated with recreational boaters).
RichieB16 Member
Posts: 625 From: Oregon Registered: Feb 2003
posted 05-06-2021 04:25 PM
I saw they weren't going to release it prior to the spashdown for that reason. I didn't realize they weren't going to release it at all. Is it safe to assume, the coordinates will not be released even though the recovery has been completed?
thisismills Member
Posts: 414 From: Michigan Registered: Mar 2012
posted 05-06-2021 10:54 PM
The coordinates can be tracked pretty accurately using MarineTraffic.com which provides positions of ships around the world.
I watched this site in real-time as the recovery vessel GO Navigator moved around in the Gulf of Mexico. The pickup location can be determined by matching the ships position during the time of the recovery. I also didn't think that the final location would be withheld from the public reporting.
The "past-track" feature on the website is an archive of where the ship was, but only the past day's activity (24hrs) is free at any given time. A paid membership (or 7-day free trial) unlocks the full past data.
So for the next flight you can watch there by tracking the SpaceX recovery ships.
Here are the track results from GO Navigator around the time of recovery ~ 06:56 UTC:
posted 11-11-2020 11:08 AM
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