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tater Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 "The mission is targeting launch at 10:34 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 6, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida." (from a NASA email I got) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mikegarrison Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Supposed to be a 95% chance of acceptable launch weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Spacecraft systems were online talking to MCC yesterday (per friend who was looking at them live). Hopefully it all goes well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 10:34 PM ET? Bah, that's half past four in the morning here. Guess I'll wake up to exciting headlines tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 1 hour ago, Codraroll said: 10:34 PM ET? Bah, that's half past four in the morning here. Guess I'll wake up to exciting headlines tomorrow. Hopefully not too exciting given how Boeing's been lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) 2 hours ago, Minmus Taster said: Hopefully not too exciting given how Boeing's been lately. Given how Boeing's been lately, "Starliner worked more-or-less as it was supposed to!" would be an exciting surprise too. Edited May 6 by Codraroll Originally wrote "worked as expected", but ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 This is the first human spaceflight run by Johnson MCC since 2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AckSed Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Here's the NASA livestream: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 3 hours and 55 minutes to launch. Heh, I note Suni Williams' winged suit patch in her livestream bio portrait is "Sunita" but the actual suit is "Suni". Got it this time. 100th flight of the Atlas V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 That's a lot of mission patches in the ISS control room. Reminds me of a pub that stuck beer mats for all the beers they ever served on the wall. And since there's downtime in their schedule after the suit pressure test, the astronauts're playing a card game. Why? Tradition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) Side-effect of the zips on the IVA suit: if you have some pooch on your chin, you have to wear sticking plasters on your chin and Adam's Apple Astro-van driving to the pad Edited May 6 by AckSed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Little segment about Artemis testing: vacuum chamber, underway sea recovery and the escape slide baskets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 ULA literally heard a funny sound and is investigating what caused it Final Boeing white room huddle before boarding Another IVA detail: Can't confirm that the IVA suit helmet is fully zipped by yourself without a mirror on your wrist. Butch and Suni are going to test the manual controls once in orbit. Have to say, this is pretty good live coverage of all the steps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) Suni made a call to engineer of the life-support system. Apparently the man came over to Boeing from Mc-Donnell Douglas and worked on Skylab. Also going to test with ISS astronauts how Starliner can serve as a lifeboat. Rocket is "fuelled and ready to go" Edited May 7 by AckSed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Seats adjustable from 4 feet 11 inches to 6 feet 4. Pilots requested more padding Suni in the capsule now - ahead of schedule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cubinator Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 It's a wonder they can get themselves out given how thoroughly and by how many people they're strapped in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 The transmission from the capsule will not be real-time. Capsule named Calypso, by Suni, in honour of Jacques Cousteau. Zero-G indicator is a sparkly narwhal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 And cue two more hours of watching people sit in chairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 3 minutes ago, cubinator said: And cue two more hours of watching people sit in chairs. All the crew mission streams are insanely long. I never tune in until launch—cause they might scrub at any time. A highlight reel of the first few hours that takes a couple minutes is fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 (edited) 23 minutes ago, cubinator said: It's a wonder they can get themselves out given how thoroughly and by how many people they're strapped in. Saw a brief segment of Suni unstrapping herself as quickly as possible, so they probably tested that. Ahh, balls: scrub due to anomaly in second-stage oxygen relief valve Edited May 7 by AckSed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Backup date is tomorrow, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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