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They can also play Major Tom (Coming Home)* further to lighten the mood.
A similarly cheery space-song is Jethro Tull's Apogee.
* Major Tom (Fully Detached) is the direct translation of the original German title.
We are now ten days away and the weather is looking good currently for that day. It's still early and that could still change though.
My dear is that a long time at sea, just waiting out there in case you are needed. Getting pummeled by waves for days on end... Nope, I am not a salty sea dog!
Nikxice
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T-minus seven days and counting. With the exception of this coming weekend, NASA TV will provide content related to the DM-2 mission through next Friday (5/29/20)
Today (5/20/20) @ 4 p.m. EDT – SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 crew arrival media question and answer, available on all NASA TV channels.
Bob and Doug are scheduled to arrive at KSC. Jim Bridenstine will be on hand too, so we already know one of the questions.
| NASA
Today (5/20/20) @ 4 p.m. EDT – SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 crew arrival media question and answer, available on all NASA TV channels.
Bob and Doug are scheduled to arrive at KSC. Jim Bridenstine will be on hand too, so we already know one of the questions.
| NASA
Yes. There will be lots of streams from all manner of people and institutions. You'll have the SpaceX webcast, NASA webcast, and a host of Youtube personalities like Everyday Astronaut and NASAspaceflight playing off of those webcasts and their own video from on site. The NASA stream is usually similar but different from the SpaceX webcast.
I'll be posting the various webcasts as they become available. NASA will have a pre-launch conference and a post-launch conference as well as 24 hour coverage on all their media platforms. NASA is supposed to run continuous video all the way to docking.
Pretty cool pics of the Dragon integration: SpaceX on Twitter
(Am gonna go out on a limb and say the leftmost booster went up one extra time than the next one over).
(Am gonna go out on a limb and say the leftmost booster went up one extra time than the next one over).
These guys say those boosters are: Chris B - NSF on Twitter
If those are in left to right order, I was way off! 1059 has two flights done, 1051 has four... List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters - Wikipedia
If those are in left to right order, I was way off! 1059 has two flights done, 1051 has four... List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters - Wikipedia
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Great pics of an integrated DM-2! There's no waste on those fins, hoping Dragon's sleek solar exceeds expectations.
@Grendal to add to next week's programming list. There's a 2 hour documentary that can be viewed on either Monday or Tuesday night. Quoting from "DEADLINE",
"“Discovery and Science Channel have spent over a year documenting SpaceX’s race to become the first private company to launch American astronauts into space,” said Scott Lewers, EVP Multiplatform Programming, Factual & Head of Content at Science.The sibling cable nets also have set the two-hour documentary NASA & SpaceX: Journey to the Future to air May 25 at 9 p.m. PT/ET on Science and at 10 p.m. PT/ET May 26 on Discovery. A film crew was granted unprecedented access to NASA and to SpaceX headquarters, giving viewers a rare glimpse inside Launch Control and firsthand accounts from SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk, Bridenstine and the astronauts flying the mission: Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley."
Discovery and Science will also be providing live coverage on the afternoon of May 27th.
Today (5/21/20) @ 6 p.m. EDT the Flight Readiness Review panel will be available on NASA TV. | NASA
@Grendal to add to next week's programming list. There's a 2 hour documentary that can be viewed on either Monday or Tuesday night. Quoting from "DEADLINE",
"“Discovery and Science Channel have spent over a year documenting SpaceX’s race to become the first private company to launch American astronauts into space,” said Scott Lewers, EVP Multiplatform Programming, Factual & Head of Content at Science.The sibling cable nets also have set the two-hour documentary NASA & SpaceX: Journey to the Future to air May 25 at 9 p.m. PT/ET on Science and at 10 p.m. PT/ET May 26 on Discovery. A film crew was granted unprecedented access to NASA and to SpaceX headquarters, giving viewers a rare glimpse inside Launch Control and firsthand accounts from SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk, Bridenstine and the astronauts flying the mission: Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley."
Discovery and Science will also be providing live coverage on the afternoon of May 27th.
Today (5/21/20) @ 6 p.m. EDT the Flight Readiness Review panel will be available on NASA TV. | NASA
I wonder if the new booster on the right is for the upcoming GPS III-03 USAF mission in June?
Pretty cool pics of the Dragon integration: SpaceX on Twitter
(Am gonna go out on a limb and say the leftmost booster went up one extra time than the next one over).
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More launch day coverage, on NatGeo and ABC: ABC News, National Geographic Set Live Special to Cover SpaceX Launch — Variety
Flight Readiness Review article:
NASA review of Space's 1st launch to carry astronauts goes into overtime | Space
And the rocket was vertical on the pad today:
See SpaceX Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 go vertical on the launchpad for historic ISS mission
NASA review of Space's 1st launch to carry astronauts goes into overtime | Space
And the rocket was vertical on the pad today:
See SpaceX Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 go vertical on the launchpad for historic ISS mission
Nikxice
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The DM-2 mission patch depicted on the bottom was designed last year by NASA. Yesterday when Bob and Doug deplaned at KSC this patch was visible on the upper arm of their blue flight suits. I haven't seen this patch displayed on their white space suits (yet?), only an American flag and a NASA meatball.
The patch at the top was designed by SpaceX and was just recently released. The availability of these might be limited, perhaps only handed out to SpaceX employees. I couldn't find any of those for sale at SpaceX's online store.
Addressing the question of what's an "official mission patch", it's legitimate terminology for a partner who wants to design and produce their own. SpaceX had previously created their own mission patch for DM-1.
