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Live Video: Watch SpaceX Capsule Dragon Dock With the International Space Station.
WSJ ^ | 05/25/2012 | WSJ

Posted on 05/25/2012 8:13:32 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iss; nasa; spacex

1 posted on 05/25/2012 8:13:46 AM PDT by balls
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To: balls

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.


2 posted on 05/25/2012 8:29:11 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Supposed to be in sunlight in another 15 minutes.


3 posted on 05/25/2012 8:35:09 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Did I miss anything in the last 45 minutes? I had to bottle some beer and missed out on the audio.

/johnny

4 posted on 05/25/2012 8:37:46 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Admin Moderator

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


5 posted on 05/25/2012 8:39:13 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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To: balls; SunkenCiv

... for your consideration.


6 posted on 05/25/2012 8:39:55 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: momtothree

Sun is peeking over the orbital horizon.


7 posted on 05/25/2012 8:45:38 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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To: balls

Houston: “You are go for first stage capture”


8 posted on 05/25/2012 8:47:55 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

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.)


9 posted on 05/25/2012 8:51:03 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: balls

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


10 posted on 05/25/2012 8:51:46 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: balls

Second stage capture complete. The Dragon has landed.


11 posted on 05/25/2012 9:05:18 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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To: balls
"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?

12 posted on 05/25/2012 9:17:15 AM PDT by Spunky
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To: Spunky
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

13 posted on 05/25/2012 9:21:20 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: PapaBear3625

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


14 posted on 05/25/2012 9:24:50 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

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


15 posted on 05/25/2012 9:36:41 AM PDT by Spunky
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To: JRandomFreeper

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


16 posted on 05/25/2012 9:38:36 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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