Live Video: Watch SpaceX Capsule Dragon Dock With the International Space Station.

WSJ ^ | 05/25/2012 | WSJ

[balls]

SpaceX’s unmanned spacecraft approached the international space station for a historic docking Friday after sailing through a practice run a day earlier. Watch live video of the capsule as it maneuvers to link up and dock with the space station.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Watch it here
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc
or here
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/status.html

The beginning of docking procedures is scheduled for around 12:00 noon CDT.

[PapaBear3625]

Supposed to be in sunlight in another 15 minutes.

[JRandomFreeper]

Did I miss anything in the last 45 minutes? I had to bottle some beer and missed out on the audio.

/johnny

[PapaBear3625]

I’m thinking this would be appropriate for “Breaking News” for the next hour or two.

[momtothree]

... for your consideration.

[PapaBear3625]

Sun is peeking over the orbital horizon.

[PapaBear3625]

Houston: “You are go for first stage capture”

[Jack Hydrazine]

Haven’t missed much since they capture of the Dragon spacecraft. They are just going through the check-list in preparation for the docking to the ISS.

Docking should take place around 10:00 a.m. PDT/1:00 p.m. EDT.
(About another hour or so.)

[Jack Hydrazine]

Track the ISS here.
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25544

[PapaBear3625]

Second stage capture complete. The Dragon has landed.

[Spunky]

"Live coverage of the demonstration flight of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.

So this isn't for real, it is a demonstration?

[JRandomFreeper]

A demonstration flight is a real flight, it just demonstrates the capabilities of the system.

If I give you a demonstration on making crepes, there WILL be real crepes at the end of the demonstration. ;)

/johnny

[Jack Hydrazine]

Once the ISS crew gets the cargo unloaded and stows the trash back into it then the last test is re-entry and landing.

[Spunky]

Thanks for your reply. Some times my head isn’t screwed on tight enough. :-( I was thinking simulation.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Thank God for crepes, huh, johnny!?!?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks momtothree, sidebars:

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