** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[Destination]

The sequinned dinosaur floating by was the highlight for me

the ******* let go of it, and it go so far away from him he couldn't get it back, idiot.
also, clearly they have zero control at all, all computerised, no control, which is nice, i might have a spin in one of those some day....

 

[Tom|Nbk]

So do we think we might still be able to catch a glimpse of it in the night sky?

 

[C.R.A.Z.Y]

Look in the sky at about 10:15pm
Will be travelling from west to east

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Look in the sky at about 10:15pm
Will be travelling from west to east

Going to give it a try, pretty clear sky currently.

 

[C.R.A.Z.Y]

If we are lucky we should also see the International Space Station pass
(ISS should be passing at about 10:11pm)

 

[SDK^]

The feed mysteriously went just before it landed and then it suddenly appeared on the barge/ship, tin foil hat to the ready!

This tweet explains why the feed cut on landing.

https://twitter.com/kiddoxnyc/status/1266816877650677764?s=21

 

[dunker]

does the spacex rocket go up quicker than the shuttle? just seemed faster. that rocket plume after throttle up was epic!

 

[Quartz]

What happens to the second stage?

 

[Minusorange]

What happens to the second stage?

Won't its orbit decay and it'll burn up on reentry at some point, until then it's space junk ?

 

[adam cool dude]

Except when that was happening, it was relatively routine compared to this, which is truly a milestone in the road to the actual future of human space exploration. We were on a downward trajectory then, we're back on the up now.

For me watching shuttles rockets go bat crazy seconds before launch always looked awesome. Kind of lost on a rocket. The landing of the rockets on say the Falcon Heavy was pretty awesome however.

 

[TNA]

We enjoyed watching that. Had just finished cooking a juicy steak so was perfect timing watching the live stream on the TV

Love the suits, finally something that looks 21st century. Also the dragon looks awesome with those seats and touch screen controls. I wonder what redundancies those have?

 

[2004typer]

Epic launch - great to see it go well!

Does anybody know how many degrees above the horizon the pass at 2215 will be?

 

[TNA]

Oh...

Perhaps the camera was testing its eyesight.

Lol.

 

[dunker]

still live here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIZsnKGV8TE

 

[The_Abyss]

Epic launch - great to see it go well!

Does anybody know how many degrees above the horizon the pass at 2215 will be?

Just under 20. Pretty low. Look SW.

 

[ianh]

Any idea of a rough "meeting up with the ISS" time for the crew?

 

[Monkeynut]

Any idea of a rough "meeting up with the ISS" time for the crew?

Said on CNBC it was 19 hours from launch.

 

[SourChipmunk]

As a live witness to the Challenger disaster in '86, I have to say I was a little tense watching this launch. Especially after another SpaceX prototype explosion just yesterday. Was wonderful to see it go off without a hitch.

They put a lot of effort into redesigning the suits to something lighter, more comfortable, and more maneuverable. I think they looked great!
One article about them: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-design-spacex-spacesuits-worn-nasa-astronauts-2020-5

Seems every time I see one of the engine landings, the camera always fails right at the moment of landing. I wasn't able to see the Twitter post SDK linked about it. Must be electrical interference right at that time?

 

[Zefan]

And there goes ISS... Watching out for Dragon....

 

[Marky]

Yeah just saw the ISS