Posted on 05/31/2020 6:35:42 AM PDT by rktman
Live coverage of the mission of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon spacecraft, and Demo-2 astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on Dragon’s first crewed test flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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Sure beats seeing mayhem and destruction of cities on Earth.
Was just watching some of it live.
It makes “2001 A Space Odyssey” look like and action-packed space thriller! ;)
I am glad everything appears to be working well. Looking forward to a safe docking.
They just did a manual piloting test. It flew just like the simulator.
Cool. Have it on NASA select on the big screen via “Pluto TV”. Cool for me since I was in the LCC for the last manned flight in July 2011. Nice to see us leaving from KSC again.
We were total space shuttle junkies. Drove over to watch shuttle launches for the last two years of the program, including multiple trips due to scrubbed launches. The night launches were beyond spectacular.
Dragon is fully within the shadow of the ISS. 8 minutes to sunset.
About 1 min 30 sec to docking...
Soft capture confirmed over Mongolia.
Pretty cool, this whole thing.
Cant wait to see them do a night launch.
Watched the launch. From ignition that Dragon rises and clears the tower a lot faster than an Atlas 5.
Congratulations SpaceX and Mr. Musk!!
LOL! Looked slow to me. Guess we need some side by side views.
Docking is complete.
I can see the launches sitting in my chair and looking out the window. The night launches are easy to see and sometimes put on a spectacular show. I can see the boost back and reentry burns of the first stage, but I’m not close enough to see the landing burns.
Can’t wait to see the first launch of the upcoming Starship.
THAT is the future of space travel..
“...From ignition that Dragon rises and clears the tower a lot faster than an Atlas 5.”
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It sure did. American rocket designers have learned a lot since “back in the day”.
I’d be willing to bet, counting from ignition, that the dragon would be clear of the tower at the point that the Atlas was just beginning lumber up.
LOL! It was strange for us to watch the lift off yesterday and not step into the backyard to watch the vehicle clear the trees. Still had the urge to step out though. Butt 2,000+ miles west we probably wouldn’t have seen much. :-)
I live an hour south of the Cape and go up to see many of them.
Once I flew up to 10,000 feet with my son just north of Sebastian and watched a shuttle take off and come up to us.
In hIgh School with a couple friends we cut school and went up for one of the Moon missions.
Looking forward to the Starship.
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