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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #80 on: May 31, 2020, 10:07:17 am »
Quote from: blur911 on May 31, 2020, 09:58:59 am
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Watch history unfold on Wednesday, May 27, as NASA and SpaceX launch astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station. This mission marks the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 that humans will fly to the space station from U.S. soil.

Tune in starting at 12:15 p.m. EDT as NASA and SpaceX provide joint, live coverage from launch to arrival at the space station. Teams are targeting 4:33 p.m. EDT for the launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the space station at 11:29 a.m. Thursday, May 28.

Docking maneuvers with ISS going on now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyNl87mXOkc

Amazing!  8)

Wouldn't it be something if in the middle of it someone said " halt everything! Guys, did you bring perogies??"  ;D
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #81 on: June 03, 2020, 09:18:51 pm »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyb0QKYy0a0

Another Falcon 9 with a load of Starlink satellites going up in a few minutes
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #82 on: June 26, 2020, 11:59:40 am »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlK_bLnqmas

Spacewalk to replace some batteries going on now
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #83 on: July 20, 2020, 09:48:05 am »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52J-E_pdh10

Mitsubishi makes rockets.  Didn't know that.
UAE are sending a mission to Mars.     In the video you can see the supersonic shock wave off the rocket at about a minute in.
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #84 on: July 20, 2020, 11:49:21 am »
Quote from: blur911 on July 20, 2020, 09:48:05 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52J-E_pdh10

Mitsubishi makes rockets.  Didn't know that.
UAE are sending a mission to Mars.     In the video you can see the supersonic shock wave off the rocket at about a minute in.
I was Project Engineer on a SBC (Single Board Computer) Trajectory System for a Mitsubishi M5 Rocket back in 1992!
The system had to survive (operate) in some pretty harsh shock and vibe conditions but, only for about 30 seconds. Then it became 'space dust'. ;D
I plucked the picture out of my collection of stuff I've worked on in my career.
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #85 on: July 20, 2020, 04:46:39 pm »
^Very cool.

Another Falcon 9 flight in abut 40 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RF5y7jRV00
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #86 on: July 24, 2020, 04:44:59 pm »
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/inside-elon-musks-plan-to-build-one-starship-a-week-and-settle-mars/

^ fantastic article about the SpaceX starship program (months old article, but saw  it today)
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #87 on: August 01, 2020, 07:03:58 pm »
20 minutes to Crew Dragon un-docking from ISS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13OkD0C_TWU
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #88 on: August 02, 2020, 10:33:57 pm »
Quote from: blur911 on August 01, 2020, 07:03:58 pm
20 minutes to Crew Dragon un-docking from ISS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13OkD0C_TWU
Watched the re-entry and splashdown and recovery. It was awesome to see history unfold like this with my wife and kids by my side!



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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #89 on: August 03, 2020, 12:04:59 pm »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg7FweYjasE

Starship SN5 is supposed to do a 150m "hop" in a few hours. 3pm EST?
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #90 on: August 07, 2020, 12:51:51 am »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hiTQEWrUVA

Just another regular old Falcon 9 launching a few dozen satellites, again

(Everyday Astronaut livestream)
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #91 on: August 21, 2020, 09:06:20 pm »
Big one going up next week

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Aug. 26Delta 4-Heavy • NROL-44
Launch time: 0616 GMT (2:16 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. Delayed from June.
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #92 on: November 13, 2020, 06:21:41 pm »
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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. Liftoff is now targeted at 7:27 p.m. EST, Sunday, Nov. 15 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Learn more about the mission: https://www.nasa.gov/crew-1
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #93 on: November 19, 2020, 08:36:44 pm »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGI_lHGltA

Rocketlab is going to try and recover a booster on a parachute for the first time.

Supposed to go up in about 40 minutes
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #94 on: November 19, 2020, 09:37:04 pm »
Quote from: blur911 on November 19, 2020, 08:36:44 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGI_lHGltA

Rocketlab is going to try and recover a booster on a parachute for the first time.

Supposed to go up in about 40 minutes

They didn't show the recovery.   ::)
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #95 on: November 19, 2020, 11:20:00 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on November 19, 2020, 09:37:04 pm
Quote from: blur911 on November 19, 2020, 08:36:44 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGI_lHGltA

Rocketlab is going to try and recover a booster on a parachute for the first time.

Supposed to go up in about 40 minutes

They didn't show the recovery.   ::)

Yeah, guess they couldn't stream it live or something?  Didn't want to?
They had tested a scenario where they recover it in mid-air with a helicopter, but they just let this one drop in the ocean on chutes.
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #96 on: November 20, 2020, 05:21:27 pm »
Quote from: blur911 on November 19, 2020, 11:20:00 pm
Quote from: rrocket on November 19, 2020, 09:37:04 pm
Quote from: blur911 on November 19, 2020, 08:36:44 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGI_lHGltA

Rocketlab is going to try and recover a booster on a parachute for the first time.

Supposed to go up in about 40 minutes

They didn't show the recovery.   ::)

Yeah, guess they couldn't stream it live or something?  Didn't want to?
They had tested a scenario where they recover it in mid-air with a helicopter, but they just let this one drop in the ocean on chutes.
Letdown...I sorta thought that was the whole point.
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #97 on: November 24, 2020, 10:47:22 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on November 20, 2020, 05:21:27 pm
Quote from: blur911 on November 19, 2020, 11:20:00 pm
Quote from: rrocket on November 19, 2020, 09:37:04 pm
Quote from: blur911 on November 19, 2020, 08:36:44 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGI_lHGltA

Rocketlab is going to try and recover a booster on a parachute for the first time.

Supposed to go up in about 40 minutes

They didn't show the recovery.   ::)

Yeah, guess they couldn't stream it live or something?  Didn't want to?
They had tested a scenario where they recover it in mid-air with a helicopter, but they just let this one drop in the ocean on chutes.
Letdown...I sorta thought that was the whole point.

This might make up for some of the disappointment of their last video.  This is the 1st and 2nd stage separating and igniting.   It's pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpsfy4npMhY
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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #98 on: December 01, 2020, 07:15:20 pm »
Starship SN8 might fly as early as tomorrow.  It's supposed to do a 15km flight and the "belly-flop" maneuver to  land.   Elon only gives it a one in three chance of finishing up in one piece.

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Re: Space and rocket stuff
« Reply #99 on: December 02, 2020, 05:54:47 pm »
Anyone see the meteorite flash over southern Ontario around noon Wednesday?

https://torontosun.com/news/world/meteor-the-likely-culprit-of-explosion-that-shook-gta-n-y
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