SpaceX Launch today with Astronauts for the first time ever

[Patrick Chewing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg&feature=emb_title


4:33 p.m. – Liftoff
5:22 p.m. – Crew Dragon phase burn
6:05 p.m. – Far-field manual flight test
7:05 p.m. – Astronaut downlink event from Crew Dragon

[highwhey]

gonna get some wings for the launch

[Shogon]

Man, this really needs to be success. We need it to be a success. We need it so much.

[bladefd]

Can't wait for this :cheers:

[rufuspaul]

I have a bad feeling about this.

[PistolPete]

Under 30 mins

[jstern]

I was going to post "I have a bad feeling about this." And then I saw rufuspaul post.

[Hawker]

Cancelled due to weather.

[PistolPete]

And launch is canceled. They saw Rufus's post and said nah uh, not today.

[Levity]

Rufus can rest easy tonight

[highwhey]

damn i just ran back from the deli with a ny style authentic 12" submarine to catch this...and it's cancelled??!

[bladefd]

Ah well, too bad. Dunno when next launch day will be but hopefully in a couple days

[rufuspaul]

Ah well, too bad. Dunno when next launch day will be but hopefully in a couple days

Looks like Saturday, weather permitting. Speaking of weather we've currently got the remnants of Tropical Storm Bertha in Charlotte. Way early for that shit.

[fsvr54]

2020 and can't launch due to weather...

[jstern]

2020 and can't launch due to weather...

Funny thing is that if we were in 1989, many people would say the same thing.

[MrFonzworth]

damn i just ran back from the deli with a ny style authentic 12" submarine to catch this...and it's cancelled??!

This. I ordered strippers and brought the boys over for nothing:(

[highwhey]

This. I ordered strippers and brought the boys over for nothing:(

:oldlol:

[bladefd]

Next launch date/time: Saturday (May 30) at 3:22 p.m. EDT (1922 GMT)

[highwhey]

Next launch date/time: Saturday (May 30) at 3:22 p.m. EDT (1922 GMT)

they better do it this time rain or sunshine or hurricane. the deli isn't a close walk.

[Patrick Chewing]

bump!!!!! It's launch day!!!!


Rumor is the astronauts made a personal request not to return to Earth until 2021.

[DoctorP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxyN3z9PL4

[insidehoops]

Launch happening TODAY, in exactly 28 minutes (if weather allows, 70% chance it will happen today). Being covered live on CNN.

Skim-read: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/29/21273708/spacex-launch-nasa-commercial-crew-dragon-mission

[Horatio33]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxyN3z9PL4

Try telling that to the Challenger crew

[Shogon]

Try telling that to the Challenger crew

Horrible fact of the day... the Challenger crew didn't die when the shuttle exploded... they died from the impact of the ocean and it's probable that all of them were conscious all the way down.

[insidehoops]

Any minute!

[Shogon]

T-Minus 60 seconds...

[insidehoops]

Success! (So far!)

We just watched some history. (And are still watching, of course.)

[bladefd]

Good launch :cheers:

Where are the flat-Earthers at??? Clearly can see Earth's curvature. Flat-Earthers conveniently cannot be located in moments like these :roll:

[Shogon]

Good launch :cheers:

Where are the flat-Earthers at??? Clearly can see Earth's curvature. Flat-Earthers conveniently cannot be located in moments like these :roll:

Space-X is in cahoots with Nasa... they're faking it.

[n00bie]

Wtf. Signal on live feed was lost during the landing of the rocket back to earth. When signal comes back on rocket already landed on the pad.

Prepare for conspiracy theories.

[Patrick Chewing]

And I ****ing missed it....:facepalm

[bladefd]

Wtf. Signal on live feed was lost during the landing of the rocket back to earth. When signal comes back on rocket already landed on the pad.

Prepare for conspiracy theories.

That happens every time I noticed. Don't think I have ever actually seen that 1st stage rocket land live on the pad

[n00bie]

Can someone explain to me w.tf we just all watched. The falcon 9 rocket was returning back to earth.. it was still up in space. 1 second later feed is gone. 2 seconds later feed comes back and rocket magically appears on the pad without any smoke. It took 2 seconds to land?

[insidehoops]

Vox.com: "If all goes as planned, the Crew Dragon capsule, which rides on the top of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, will make a 19-hour trip to the ISS. The capsule is designed to fly mostly autonomously, but astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will take the controls while in Earth’s orbit to test out its manual capabilities. Docking with the ISS, however, is supposed to be completely autonomous, which is a new feature of the upgraded capsule. A second version of the capsule, the Cargo Dragon, is designed to use this automated docking for seamless deliveries to the ISS. After docking, the astronauts will live on the space station for a few months — the exact timing is not yet decided — before getting back in the Crew Dragon and returning to Earth."

[Shogon]

That happens every time I noticed. Don't think I have ever actually seen that 1st stage rocket land live on the pad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6RPfXSRww4

It's not a conspiracy... I'm pretty sure it's the proximity of the camera to the landing pad and the interference involved... I don't know why they continue to keep the camera so close given that they know it fails so often.

[ZenMaster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6RPfXSRww4

It's not a conspiracy... I'm pretty sure it's the proximity of the camera to the landing pad and the interference involved... I don't know why they continue to keep the camera so close given that they know it fails so often.

It's actually because of the internet signal being through satellite. When the rocket gets close, there are too many vibrations to keep the signal intact with a satellite in space.

[Draz]

Watched it live. Very beautiful. I'm so proud of this accomplishment. We are paving the way to space travel closer and closer. God bless America!

[MrFonzworth]

:hammertime::dancin:djparty:dancin:hammertime:

[Cleverness]

Watched it live. Very beautiful. I'm so proud of this accomplishment. We are paving the way to space travel closer and closer. God bless America!

:cheers:

[Kungfro]

Gonna be docking with the ISS soon.

[StickyWice]

They need to take Kim jong un and tell him no way to come back

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