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Re: SpaceX Crew Demo-1 Mission [video]

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Post by hoorayimhelping » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 8:04 AM UTC

cheese_toasty wrote: post #12

Man this makes me miss when I was living at UCF - we'd see shuttles taking off at Kennedy space center from East Orlando

I grew up in southwest Orlando. We'd go outside during elementary school to watch the launches, we'd interrupt little league games and football games to watch the launches. Kids and parents all just found it so magical and amazing. Those solid rockets were clearly visible even 70 miles away.

Re: SpaceX Crew Demo-1 Mission [video]

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Post by timmyla » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 8:05 AM UTC

mhsabbagh wrote: post #15

cheese_toasty wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty great friday night!

It's Saturday 11AM here, though.

pretty great Saturday morning!

Re: SpaceX Crew Demo-1 Mission [video]

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Post by function_seven » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 8:05 AM UTC

mhsabbagh wrote: post #15

cheese_toasty wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty great friday night!

It's Saturday 11AM here, though.

Pretty great Saturday morning!

Re: SpaceX Crew Demo-1 Mission [video]

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Post by sidcool » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 8:07 AM UTC

Everything went well so far. Lift off, stage separation, first stage Landing, Dragon separation. They have honed these steps over the past several years. The ISS rendezvous is going to be just as successful. Great going SpaceX/NASA.

Re: SpaceX Crew Demo-1 Mission [video]

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Post by slim » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 8:08 AM UTC

tl;dr

no crew onboard

(still a great achievement)

Re: SpaceX Crew Demo-1 Mission [video]

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Post by amayne » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 8:09 AM UTC

I’m at Kennedy Space Center on the causeway across from the launch pad. Just watched it from approximately 5 miles away. Insane.

Re: SpaceX Crew Demo-1 Mission [video]

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Post by lostlogin » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 8:10 AM UTC

mhsabbagh wrote: post #15

cheese_toasty wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty great friday night!

It's Saturday 11AM here, though.

Saturday night here.

What time zones do rockets use?

Re: SpaceX Crew Demo-1 Mission [video]

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Post by saagarjha » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 8:11 AM UTC

lostlogin wrote: post #27

mhsabbagh wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's Saturday 11AM here, though.

Saturday night here. What time zones do rockets use?

Probably the one that mission control is using.

Re: SpaceX Crew Demo-1 Mission [video]

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Post by smdyc1 » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 8:12 AM UTC

Amazing footage. The precision Landing of stage 1 was something I hasn't expected.

Re: SpaceX Crew Demo-1 Mission [video]

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Post by labster » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 8:13 AM UTC

jpatokal wrote: post #18

Looks like they nailed the launch: first stage recovered and Dragon 2 separated successfully. Congratulations SpaceX! Docking with the ISS is scheduled ~27 hours from now on Sunday, March 3 at 10:55 UTC (5:55 EST). https://www.space.com/how-to-watch-spacex-crew-dragon-demo-1...

Aw man, and I really wanted to binge watch this series. Well, at least this show moves faster than Orion.