Posted on 06/01/2020 5:35:29 PM PDT by Libloather
A day after arriving at the International Space Station on SpaceXs Crew Dragon capsule, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken laid claim to a U.S. flag that symbolizes Americas capability to send people to orbit from U.S. soil.
The handkerchief-sized flag, sealed in a plastic envelope, has been kept aboard the space station since 2011, when NASAs final space shuttle crew left it behind before making their departure aboard Atlantis.
It was displayed above the Harmony modules hatch - and, for a time, stored in an equipment bag, nearly forgotten - with instructions that it was to be taken back to Earth by the next crew launched from NASAs Kennedy Space Center.
That moment finally came on Sunday, when Hurley and Behnken floated through the Harmony hatch after their launch 19 hours earlier.
Two other angles add to the significance of the moment. The flag first flew into space on the very first flight of the space shuttle program, back in 1981. And among the members of the crew who left it on the station in 2011 was Hurley, who was Atlantis pilot back then and is now spacecraft commander for the SpaceX capsule.
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Take it to Mars...
Yes but it is a micro(gravity)aggression.
*ping*
Great story + post :)
Great story + post :)
Yet they can’t manage to stitch an American flag on their spacesuits...
Really ? ... I never noticed.
From what I’ve seen pre-launch, there was no flag on their spacesuits. I hope I’m wrong, but.
Oh, come on, you aren't even trying to find the truth before you smear!
The whole event is being called "LaunchAmerica", ferChristsSake!
Like.
Let’s not take the Name of the LORD in vain.
He is the Creator, the Redeemer, the Word, the Lamb.
Thanks Yossarian.
That Apatosaurous play time they engaged in seemed clumsy, too, until I looked up Apatosaurus and learned it translated into 'deceptive lizard'. Pretty strange choice of mascot coming from a couple of NASA guys driving a technocrats tax funded money maker they named 'the dragon'.
As far as I could tell I didn’t see the U.S. flag on their uniforms, either.
Look again.
The Russians are not happy about it, no doubt.
Loss of prestige.
Loss of hard cash, lots of it.
/bingo
Your screen name is a joke newbie.
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