Launching humans into space again from America - Space X

[Updawg 2286]

Amazing.

[Captainant 27745]

For reference: it took them 23 attempts with Falcon 9 before they landed a core with some of the same problems today, crushed landing leg etc.

Their rate of developing new tech and rapidly improving it is remarkable. Just incredible stuff.

Edited March 3, 2021 by Captainant

[Pato del Muerto 52572]

Just put her down on the frame wherever 

[washparkhorn 9939]

And boom

[Hagbard Celine 10911]

and thar she blows!!

[RamjetFDO 10577]

... and boom.

[Captainant 27745]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Just put her down on the frame wherever 

Yeah about that...

Guess a tank finally popped lol

[Captainant 27745]

Damn big fireball, here's another angle complete with live reacs from a youtuber lol

[RamjetFDO 10577]

[Pato del Muerto 52572]

So mark an X at “vehicle Safing” I guess 

[Captainant 27745]

I guess that's one way to burn off extra propellant.... 

[Jersey Man10 3540]

Elon rigged it to blow up regardless lmao

[Captainant 27745]

5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

So mark an X at “vehicle Safing” I guess 

They updated the ticker lmao

Is that a header tank intact on the right end of the debris?

[Pato del Muerto 52572]

[RamjetFDO 10577]

This is not CGI.

 

[atomheartbevo 89783]

40 minutes ago, Jersey Man10 said:

Elon rigged it to blow up regardless lmao

[cam4mav 771]

pretty fucking sweet right there

[OrangEngr 1035]

It seemed like they stayed on three engines during the landing for a longer time than I expected, didn’t really spend any time on two engines. Went more or less from three to one.

[Neonmoon 38130]

That was so fucking badass. 

[Restinmybones 111]

Whole thing should have been filmed in black and white. Fits that grain silo, '50s look of the Big Space Rocket. 

[ChickenSandwich 9849]

4 minutes ago, Restinmybones said:

Whole thing should have been filmed in black and white. Fits that grain silo, '50s look of the Big Space Dong 

 

[Captainant 27745]

There's gonna be some seriously cool video coming out of today's launch

 

 

[Hagbard Celine 10911]

3 hours ago, Restinmybones said:

Whole thing should have been filmed in black and white. Fits that grain silo, '50s look of the Big Space Rocket. 

Chesley Bonestell holla

[washparkhorn 9939]

2 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

Chesley Bonestell holla

[Felix 607]

...and then it exploded.

[DallasHorn26 586]

18 hours ago, RamjetFDO said:

I don't see Bert.

[Captainant 27745]

there's a good Scott Manley breakdown of the asplosion

Notable notes from the video:

• the rocket didn't decelerate on one engine, it maintained a pretty constant 15mph on the single-engine descent before landing
• the landing legs failed to fully deploy, the above vid has a nice clip where you can clearly see three of the legs just dangling, not having locked in place
• the ship visibly bounced on landing, which is what probably damaged the pressure tanks leading to the RUSH
• the RUSH (rapid unplanned second hop) appears to be mainly from the extremely pressurized tanks losing integrity and venting all at once. The fireball was just a side-effect

Overall, still an incredibly successful mission to demonstrate every stage of the flight profile, including recovering from translating too far due to the 3 engine ignition to start the swing maneuver before landing

Edited March 4, 2021 by Captainant

[Hagbard Celine 10911]

like i said upthread.... boeing has left the chat

[RamjetFDO 10577]

Zeus the Robot Dog makes an appearance at 4:43

 

[RamjetFDO 10577]

High-speed cameras = extremely clear slow-motion video:

 

 

[wd40 1976]

[RamjetFDO 10577]

Not including Le Boom, of course.

[Armybrat 40887]

[Captainant 27745]

SpaceX crew dragon flight to the ISS from the Cape, pad 39A. Launch in T-minus 2 hours ish

 

[Captainant 27745]

t-mimus 3hr 45mins to Crew 5's flight to the ISS for a 6 month stay in orbit

 

[atomheartbevo 89783]

1 hour ago, Captainant said:

Crew 5's flight to the ISS for a 6 month stay in orbit

I read that as ISIS and saw the close out crew all in black….

looks like 11am CST 

[atomheartbevo 89783]

Are they having problems closing the hatch.

[atomheartbevo 89783]

9 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Are they having problems closing the hatch.

Yep. FOD discovered on the hatch seal, so they are going to reopen it, check the hatch lining and then close it back out.

Have 12 minutes to get it done.

One or two astronauts asleep.

Edited October 5, 2022 by atomheartbevo

[atomheartbevo 89783]

Back on track, hatch pressure check passed, countdown did not stop.

[Ghost of LL 15539]

So is this when we kick the Russians off our space station?

[Captainant 27745]

8 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

So is this when we kick the Russians off our space station?

We just recently sent an astronaut up via a roscosmos launch, and there's actually an active Cosmonaut on Crew 5. If anything, the space partnership has strengthened, which is strange.

[Ghost of LL 15539]

12 minutes ago, Captainant said:

We just recently sent an astronaut up via a roscosmos launch, and there's actually an active Cosmonaut on Crew 5. If anything, the space partnership has strengthened, which is strange.

The Russians announced that they were withdrawing from the ISS.  But I have no idea what the timetable for that is.

[atomheartbevo 89783]

No Jake Busey sightings, yet.

[atomheartbevo 89783]

Always odd seeing the rocket sway when the tower moves away.

[Call 393]

Let’s do this…

[atomheartbevo 89783]

1 minute.

[Newdoc 3451]

God speed....

 

[Call 393]

Fuck yeah!!

[atomheartbevo 89783]

I have auto captions on, and it said “penguin pumpkin diamond” at one point.

[InkaUtexas 26080]

Damn I love this crap! Go do great things!