RMweb Gold 57xx Posted May 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2020 The first commercially built manned space flight is due to lift off tonight at 21:33 and send 2 more crew to the ISS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_2#Crew_Dragon Live coverage: https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/05/27/falcon-9-crew-dragon-demo-2-mission-status-center/ The vehicle will also make a visible pass over the UK at 21:53. https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=51.6862&lng=-0.2609&loc=Unnamed&alt=0&tz=GMT&satid=71000&mjd=58996.8717321341&type=V 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Hopefully the weather will oblige. Last night the forecast had a 50% chance of thunderstorms that would scrub the mission until Saturday. If I am not mistaken, this will be the first manned capsule, rocket launch from the US since ASTP (Apollo-Soyuz Test Project) on July 15, 1975. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted May 27, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: If I am not mistaken, this will be the first manned capsule, rocket launch from the US since ASTP (Apollo-Soyuz Test Project) on July 15, 1975. The first manned capsule since 1975 and first manned vehicle of any sort launched from the US since the shuttle retired in 2011. Edited May 27, 2020 by 57xx 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 42 minutes ago, 57xx said: The first manned capsule since 1975 and first manned vehicle of any sort launched from the US since the shuttle retired in 2011. Apparently not. https://www.space.com/spacex-human-spaceflight-virgin-galactic.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 11 minutes ago, rocor said: Apparently not. Let's go with orbital flight. Virgin Galactic is barely "space" at 90km. The Space Station, even though it is low earth orbit, is 400km. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 You might also argue Virgin are sending a space plane to sub orbital height, this is a capsule in like Nasa had before the Shuttle and the Russians still use today. It also lands with parachutes and doesn't glide down to a runway like the Virgin craft will do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy100 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 With an hour to go (actually 55mins) - it's all systems "GO" - . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Getting a little cloudier here in the Northwest - abort abort, how will I be able track it over the UK if there is cloud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Launch aborted T-16 Edited May 27, 2020 by newbryford 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted May 27, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2020 Scrubbed 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy100 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Launch aborted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 So they might dress Star Trek and have a sci fi interior but we are still have the same frail old rockets to get us off the Earth. An Aliens style space marines drop from a mother ship into a storm is a long way way away. Let alone x-wing fighter style craft racing from 1.0 gravity into space, manoeuvering like a fighter plane and returning to ground without heat shields. Why I believe we are forever trapped on this planet and probably the same for any other intelligent species in the universe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, 57xx said: Scrubbed A let down, but not a surprise. Let's hope Saturday's weather is better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy100 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Back in the 90's I was on the pier at Cocoa Beach, Florida, to watch a launch, and they aborted at two seconds on the final countdown. It's not an unusual situation. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted May 29, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2020 17 hours ago, Bulleidboy100 said: Back in the 90's I was on the pier at Cocoa Beach, Florida, to watch a launch, and they aborted at two seconds on the final countdown. It's not an unusual situation. Did you get to see it launch in the end? It's something that should be on everyone's bucket list. Awesome sight, awesome sound and the feeling as your body gets pounded by the shock waves, totally unforgettable experience. Had the pleasure of seeing Endeavour launch on STS99 in Feb 2000 from the coast at Port St John. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy100 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) In the 90's if a launch was aborted it was usually for days - even weeks. As were "doing Disney", we were probably home before it launched. I have not seen a launch from close quarters, but during the same decade (we holidayed in Orlando from 92-98), I did watch a live launch on tv and then went onto the balcony to see a "vertical" vapour trail. I should have been there now - in fact coming home today. Have stayed on the Gulf Coast for the last twelve years - for the whole of May - it was obviously cancelled this year. Edited May 29, 2020 by Bulleidboy100 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted May 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2020 Rescheduled for 8:22PM UK time tonight 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted May 30, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2020 That looked like an awesome ride! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted May 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2020 Permission to brag that I've met Doug Hurley. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted May 30, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Barry Ten said: Permission to brag that I've met Doug Hurley. Permission granted!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted May 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2020 Strange that they lost the signal just as the first stage was about to land and it came back just a few seconds later with the stage on deck. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted May 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2020 15 minutes ago, BoD said: Strange that they lost the signal just as the first stage was about to land and it came back just a few seconds later with the stage on deck. That seems to happen quite a lot with the stage recoveries. I think the signal must get spotty as the booster is very close to landing. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 I see Hugo Drax has successfully landed Moonraker at the space station.... Nothing to worry about. Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted May 30, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2020 Yeah, have noticed that on the ship landings. Wonder if the rocket exhaust is doing something to the signal. Ground landings are fine as the cameras aren't bang up close to the boosters. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Just been outside watching it, over by the Parkway with No 1 Son. One thing about East Anglia, the sky comes all the way down to the ground, so “low on the horizon” is no problem. Saw ISS clearly, and a couple of brief flickers of Dragon ... an exciting evening! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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