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blake9999

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Liftoff of the uncrewed flight test, called Demo-1, is targeted for 2:49 a.m. EST, Saturday, March 2, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. NASA TV live coverage begins at 2 a.m. The milestone will mark the first launch of a commercially built American rocket and spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.
 
too larry

too larry

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I saw on the news where everything had gone good with the test flight. Landing that 1st stage 1950's sci-fi style is cool AF.
 
blake9999

blake9999

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I got up early this morning and watched the docking on the NASA channel on TV. Went kinda slow with all the breaks and checking the air in the capsule. But so far it's a total success. They were even playing with the Zero-gravity detector (the plush globe). They ran a few tests, like testing the abort thrusters, before docking. Even so docking was about 15 minutes earlier then planned. They will be sending it back early Friday morning to test re-entry and the parachute system. I wish them luck. We can finally send humans back into space from America.
 
blake9999

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SpaceX snags second Falcon 9 booster in two weeks

Two launch/recovery of Falcon9 Block5 rockets within a two week period. It was a bumpy landing in high seas and the Falcon9 booster was tossed around the recovery ship (OCISLY). SpaceX is proving they can maintain launches and keep deadlines. The Crew Dragon will be leaving the the ISS in the wee hours Friday morning and splash down proving the design and integration SpaceX has gone through will benefit NASA missions for the foreseable future. No more reliance of the Commies to send American astranuts to outer space. There will also be two launches of the Falcon Heavy later this year. I like keeping up to date with the advances SpaceX is doing. Will keep you guys ( and Gals) posted as they happen.

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-9-two-weeks-two-recoveries/
 
TacoMac

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It's nice to see, but the falcon heavy is a waste of resources. By the time they get it up to speed, NASA'S new SLS will be online and make it redundant.
 
blake9999

blake9999

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I's still seriously debating heading down south and watch the Starship launch when it happens. It all depends on my car. It was starting to act up, but seems fine since I changed the temperature sender. I checked out the driving directions and it seems like about a nine hour drive from where I am at. If things look good I may get some SpaceX swag and try to sneak in the gate.
 
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