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SpaceX and NASA to Test Launch Crew Dragon, a New Ride to Orbit
Posted on 3/1/19 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 3/1/19 at 12:06 pm
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After years of delays, the first of those systems — SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule — is scheduled for liftoff on Saturday at 2:49 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on top of one of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets. Forecasts call for an 80 percent chance of favorable weather.
“This is an invaluable exercise for us to learn in the space environment how these systems will be working,” said Kathryn Lueders, the manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew program, during a news conference on Thursday.
The capsule is not yet ready for astronauts, but the flight is intended as an end-to-end test, doing everything that one with astronauts would do, including docking with the International Space Station early Sunday morning. Then on March 8, it is to leave the space station, and parachute into the Atlantic Ocean a few hours later.
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After years of delays, the first of those systems — SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule — is scheduled for liftoff on Saturday at 2:49 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on top of one of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets. Forecasts call for an 80 percent chance of favorable weather.
“This is an invaluable exercise for us to learn in the space environment how these systems will be working,” said Kathryn Lueders, the manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew program, during a news conference on Thursday.
The capsule is not yet ready for astronauts, but the flight is intended as an end-to-end test, doing everything that one with astronauts would do, including docking with the International Space Station early Sunday morning. Then on March 8, it is to leave the space station, and parachute into the Atlantic Ocean a few hours later.
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Posted on 3/1/19 at 1:09 pm to DavidTheGnome
I figured y'all would be more excited about the US launching humans into space again. Why the downvotes?
Posted on 3/1/19 at 1:11 pm to DavidTheGnome
I'm new here, but I get the sense nobody likes you.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 1:19 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 3/1/19 at 1:20 pm to DavidTheGnome
Awesome news, the next decade is going to be so exciting for scientific discoveries! Cant wait for the telescopes of 2020s to become operational!
Posted on 3/1/19 at 1:21 pm to LSUJuice
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nobody likes you.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 2:26 pm to DavidTheGnome
We hate you.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 9:42 pm to DavidTheGnome
NASA needs to cancel SLS now and use those savings for more Voyager type probes.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 9:56 pm to DavidTheGnome
It's hard to get excited about re-learning how to walk.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 10:00 pm to DavidTheGnome
I'm starting to dislike all the hooping and hollering during the launch videos. At this point I believe it's scripted.
Posted on 3/3/19 at 10:08 pm to DavidTheGnome
this board can be lame. I was at the final Space Shuttle launch, and this new one is about damned time!
Posted on 3/4/19 at 2:09 am to Langland
It's a huge team project. Celebrations are common in nasa
Posted on 3/4/19 at 3:44 am to shutterspeed
Why is this a big deal? It has the same abilities as an Apollo on a Saturn 1b with the exception of transporting 7 instead of 3. The Space Shuttle could send crews of 7 to space PLUS a payload. This is only good for orbital flights and ISS dockings...
Posted on 3/4/19 at 3:54 am to willymeaux
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This is only good for orbital flights and ISS dockings...
It’s not trying to be more than this. They’ve been launching Dragons to ISS for years. This is just a crewed version with the associated human rating and life support systems.
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Why is this a big deal?
While it’s nothing new, we’ve been reliant on the Russians for human access to space since 2011. This is a next step to getting there on our own again.
This post was edited on 3/4/19 at 3:55 am
Posted on 3/4/19 at 4:00 am to meeple
I get that, I’m just saying it’s not a very versital orbiter. The SLS looks interesting as it might standardize all NASA rockets similar to what the Titan did.
Also, I could be mistaken but isn’t the ISS nearing the end of its life?
Also, I could be mistaken but isn’t the ISS nearing the end of its life?
Posted on 3/4/19 at 4:16 am to willymeaux
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I get that, I’m just saying it’s not a very versital orbiter. The SLS looks interesting as it might standardize all NASA rockets similar to what the Titan did.
A NASA-provided heavy lifter to low Earth orbit is not fiscally desirable any more. The cost per pound is just too great and they want to allocate that money to deep space exploration via said SLS and let the commercial entities develop heavy lift capabilities to LEO.
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Also, I could be mistaken but isn’t the ISS nearing the end of its life?
2024. They are always looking at extensions and other options for ISS including this recent study from industry to commercialize LEO and the ISS.
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