Meithan Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I think that the fact that you narrowly escaped an exploding rocket would be enough reason to swear, regardless of the g-forcesThere's that too . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert VDS Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Wide view angle camera of Dragon 2 abort test. You can see how the trunk basically falls straight down and throws beach sand up in the air when it crashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meithan Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 (edited) Wide view angle camera of Dragon 2 abort test. You can see how the trunk basically falls straight down and throws beach sand up in the air when it crashes. Great video, thanks for posting! But I'd say that's a water splash when the trunk "lands", not sand.Edit: on fifth or so watch: yeah, could be a "sand splash", not sure now. Edited May 7, 2015 by Meithan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airlock Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Chris Hadfield provides live commentary during the pad abort test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oobLXhS--lE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethon Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 Some highly topical heat shield testing.http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/high-tech-analysis-of-orion-heat-shield-underway-at-marshall.htmlAnd friction stir welding on begins on the Orion Pathfinder.http://www.nasa.gov/feature/welding-begins-on-orion-pathfinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtxoff Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Heatshield pattern looks weird to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airlock Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 - - - Updated - - -You can hear the trunk impact at 1:05, and see it in the surf at 1:08. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelLestat Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 thanks for the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lajoswinkler Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Not my idea, but I made a way better (HD) version.http://vmashup.com/96wagbf7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exoscientist Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 An edited version. Perhaps to leave out the most wildly gyrating portions? Bob Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Cool vid from SpaceX from a fairing-mounted camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frida Space Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 DSCVR reaches its L1 orbit after 100 day voyage.http://www.spaceflight101.com/dscovr-mission-updates.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 So, is the next landing going to be on land? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 So, is the next landing going to be on land? Both potential landing areas on on USAF property, they want multiple successful barge landings before a land landing attempt. As the next launch attempt is scheduled for the 28th and the new east coast landing barge isn't yet ready, there may not be a landing attempt at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 So, is the next landing going to be on land?Don't think so, the landing pad on Vanderberg was still just leveled earth a few days ago, and the newer sister ship to "Just Read The Instructions", the "Of Course I Still Love You" has been sighted crossing the Panama channel headed for the Pacific. I'd say they are going for a successful barge landing before they try land, they have got to perfect the technique after all. Informative article on the subject:http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/06/spacex-augments-upgrades-drone-ship-armada/Rune. Good luck to them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Don't think so, the landing pad on Vanderberg was still just leveled earth a few days ago, and the newer sister ship to "Just Read The Instructions", the "Of Course I Still Love You" has been sighted crossing the Panama channel headed for the Pacific. I'd say they are going for a successful barge landing before they try land, they have got to perfect the technique after all. Informative article on the subject:http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/06/spacex-augments-upgrades-drone-ship-armada/Rune. Good luck to them!The next launch is from CCAFS, not Vandenberg. The landing pad there is ready, they just don't have permission to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 "Of Course I Still Love You"? Awesome name for a boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojourner Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 The CRS7 launch will attempt another barge landing. The Jason 3 launch from VAFB has been rumored to attempt a kanding on shore, but the ASDS headed for the pacific would seem to contradict that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 "Of Course I Still Love You"? Awesome name for a boat.It's officially known by the rather more prosaic name Marmac 303. Her as-yet-nicknameless sister on the east coast is Marmac 304, and her now-retired predecessor was Marmac 300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdad84 Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 It's officially known by the rather more prosaic name Marmac 303. Her as-yet-nicknameless sister on the east coast is Marmac 304, and her now-retired predecessor was Marmac 300.Just thinking about it, what other company has fun with silly things like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 It's officially known by the rather more prosaic name Marmac 303. Her as-yet-nicknameless sister on the east coast is Marmac 304, and her now-retired predecessor was Marmac 300.I have to say that I support the online campaign to name one of the barges after another of the ships in Ian Banks' Culture Series "only slightly bent". The campaign was to rename "just read the instructions" as "only slightly bent", but given their record so far, the name will be fitting for the new barges soon enough, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meithan Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 They just finished painting the bullseye circles and the X in the center of the deck of the Marmac 304 ASDS. It's unclear at this point whether it will be given its predecessor's name (Just Read The Instructions), a new name, or no painted name at all (at least for CRS7). We'll probably find out very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 The next launch is from CCAFS, not Vandenberg. The landing pad there is ready, they just don't have permission to use it.I thought the next launch for SpaceX was Jason 3? Then again, that got slightly delayed, I do remember that. CRS-7 comes before Aug 9?Rune. Time flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 CRS flight 7 is currently slated for next Sunday (June 28th). It was supposed to have launched already but the loss of the Progress spacecraft a couple weeks ago resulted in the whole ISS flightplan getting reshuffled.Jason-3 is the launch after that, and it got pushed back too, because there was a contamination issue with the satellite that delayed its delivery for integration. It's now set for August 8th, provisionally ("no earlier than"). SpaceX has filed for permit to put a barge into position on that date, but rumors say that there'll be a weather poll an hour before launch to decide if they'll go for a land landing attempt instead. Of course, this would require the landing pad to be actually built... so far it's just a sand pit But then again, casting a square slab of concrete is a two-day affair.There's a number of planned launches (SES-9, Orbcomm OG2 and CRS flight 8) that were all supposed to happen in between August 1st and September 2nd, but there's no way they can keep that schedule now. All three will be delayed significantly. SpaceX has given a guarantee that SES-9 will launch no later than September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 CRS flight 7 is currently slated for next Sunday (June 28th). It was supposed to have launched already but the loss of the Progress spacecraft a couple weeks ago resulted in the whole ISS flightplan getting reshuffled.Jason-3 is the launch after that, and it got pushed back too, because there was a contamination issue with the satellite that delayed its delivery for integration. It's now set for August 8th, provisionally ("no earlier than"). SpaceX has filed for permit to put a barge into position on that date, but rumors say that there'll be a weather poll an hour before launch to decide if they'll go for a land landing attempt instead. Of course, this would require the landing pad to be actually built... so far it's just a sand pit But then again, casting a square slab of concrete is a two-day affair.There's a number of planned launches (SES-9, Orbcomm OG2 and CRS flight 8) that were all supposed to happen in between August 1st and September 2nd, but there's no way they can keep that schedule now. All three will be delayed significantly. SpaceX has given a guarantee that SES-9 will launch no later than September.That clears things, yes. And of course, they are slipping as everybody thought they would. It's only to be expected, considering the huge manifest they had. But so far it's not by much, and it's mostly because of external factor as much as internal ones.Rune. Bets for the end-of-year launch count? I say "more than ten F9's, but less than 15, 11 if I have to pull a number out of my ass". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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