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Ax-2 Mission | Launch - T-Zero is in about 20 minutes from right now.
https://www.axiomspace.com/#:~:text=Aboard%20the%20orbiting%20laboratory%2C%20the,%2C%20the%20arts%2 ^ | 05/21/2023 | Self

Posted on 05/21/2023 2:15:48 PM PDT by know.your.why

Liftoff scheduled for 5:37PM EST. Today.


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This link has the least broadcast delay that I could find.
1 posted on 05/21/2023 2:15:48 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: know.your.why

Thanks for posting… I’d forgot all about it.

Here’s another link also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ekFE2RxBMI


2 posted on 05/21/2023 2:19:59 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
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What are the odds that the woman pilot will dent the space station? ;-)


3 posted on 05/21/2023 2:31:37 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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Launch in a few minutes.


4 posted on 05/21/2023 2:34:09 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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SpaceX Stage 1 successfully landed at Canaveral! SpaceX Dragon capsule on way to ISS.


5 posted on 05/21/2023 2:47:00 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

Parallel parking may be required at docking.


6 posted on 05/21/2023 2:47:25 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
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To: know.your.why

Great launch. Cant believe what NASA used to have to do to get people into orbit. SpaceX Makes it look so easy. Friggen nailed the landing, 1st off of an orbital launch.


7 posted on 05/21/2023 2:50:13 PM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

The pilot is a man. Commander is a woman.


8 posted on 05/21/2023 2:51:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Quite a sight to watch the booster land. Damn thing comes down fast as hell!


9 posted on 05/21/2023 2:52:51 PM PDT by BobL
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What do they do with that stubby piece on teh tail of the capsule? Its got thrusters on it. Does it get reused yet? I thot it was a piece that went with the capsule longer than just orbit insertion.?


10 posted on 05/21/2023 2:54:07 PM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: BobL

They nail it every time!


11 posted on 05/21/2023 2:55:31 PM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: Delta 21

That is so cool to watch!


12 posted on 05/21/2023 2:58:09 PM PDT by Michigan Bowhunter
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I watched it. Thanks for the reminder! It’s amazing technology and engineering that they not only can launch a capsule into orbit, but that the first stage can make a smooth and precise landing at the same time.


13 posted on 05/21/2023 3:01:08 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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Oh, in case anyone missed it, the capsule is due to dock with the ISS after 9:30 Eastern tomorrow morning. They will start coverage an hour or two (I forget exactly what they said) before that.


14 posted on 05/21/2023 3:03:14 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Delta 21

No idea - not an expert but there are likely a number of YT videos that will explain it.


15 posted on 05/21/2023 3:06:56 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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The pilot is a man. Commander is a woman.

On Earth as it is in Heaven. Some things never change...

16 posted on 05/21/2023 3:15:26 PM PDT by null and void (Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, Wookies Are From Kashyyyk)
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Not in my world. :)


17 posted on 05/21/2023 3:16:17 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Delta 21

The trunk is attached to dragon and get jettisoned at reentry time


18 posted on 05/21/2023 3:22:25 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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What are the odds that the woman pilot will dent the space station? ;-)

Hopefully she isn't Asian


19 posted on 05/21/2023 4:19:57 PM PDT by montag813
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I am about 60 miles south of the cape and saw about 1 second of the launch between the clouds.

I set up the radar on the boat hoping to catch it on the screen, but, either it’s too far, or, too small at that range.


20 posted on 05/21/2023 4:21:55 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (Conan the Sailing Librarian)
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