SpaceX Tuesday...

[Leithen]

On approach. Inside 10m.

[DoubleSix]

Well, I have to say I'm finding this all rather incredible....

[C350]

Awesome as always!
Will be great to see it in sunlight connected

[anonymous-user]

Great job SpaceX.

[Toaster]

Pupp said:

BBC news was just carrying some live feed.. so impressive and such a contrast with present US comedy politics. How can the same country own both?

you mean the same comedy politics being played out in the UK as well

[MartG]

C350 said:

Awesome as always!
Will be great to see it in sunlight connected

[C350]

Got it on the stream
Hatch opening approx 7:30 CT, 13:30 GMT

[dxg]

Running ahead of schedule now...

I want to see what the iss crew make of the celestial buddy...

[dxg]

Opening it now! It's really interesting seeing all the different stages: soft, hard, data and power... Now it's people time!

[anonymous-user]

Great to watch!

[Pupp]

Toaster said:

Pupp said:

BBC news was just carrying some live feed.. so impressive and such a contrast with present US comedy politics. How can the same country own both?

you mean the same comedy politics being played out in the UK as well

I didn't but now you come to mention it... guess inept is better than corrupt however. Just

[Elderly]

[Beati Dogu]

Dragon is going to be there for then next 5 days (depending on sea conditions in the Atlantic for splashdown & recovery).

[C2Red]

Pupp said:

Toaster said:

Pupp said:

BBC news was just carrying some live feed.. so impressive and such a contrast with present US comedy politics. How can the same country own both?

you mean the same comedy politics being played out in the UK as well

I didn't but now you come to mention it... guess inept is better than corrupt however. Just

Don’t worry Toaster=contrary viewpoint.

[Toaster]

C2Red said:

Pupp said:

Toaster said:

Pupp said:

BBC news was just carrying some live feed.. so impressive and such a contrast with present US comedy politics. How can the same country own both?

you mean the same comedy politics being played out in the UK as well

I didn't but now you come to mention it... guess inept is better than corrupt however. Just

Don’t worry Toaster=contrary viewpoint.

Thats fine I have no issues with a contrary view point happy for an ebb and flow of opinions what some tend to do is hold an opinion so tightly they cannot see other perspectives.

[Beati Dogu]

At just over 12 tonnes, that was the heaviest payload SpaceX have ever launched into space.

Meanwhile, the booster is making its way back to Cape Canaveral at a steady 5-6 knots. It'll probably arrive on Monday afternoon.


The ISS's crew should increase back up to 6 shortly. A Russian Soyuz is scheduled to launch on 14th March from Baikonur with 3 new crew: Alexey Ovchinin (Russian - Roscosmos), Nick Hague & Christina Koch (both American - NASA)

Alexey Ovchinin & Nick Hague were the guys who had their Soyuz blow up beneath them last October.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0l5QBmqQoI&li...

Note the use of fluffy toy "zero-G indicators" on Russian rockets too. The big softies.

[Toaster]

Beati Dogu said:

At just over 12 tonnes, that was the heaviest payload SpaceX have ever launched into space.

Saturn V used to launch around 40 Tonnes and had a launch capacity of 116.5 tonnes although I am assuming figures quoted are US rather than imperial

[V8LM]

and could lift 140 tonnes into LEO.

[Toaster]

V8LM said:

and could lift 140 tonnes into LEO.

And that was back in 60’s just look how far launch power has come. I think the guys back then were equally or more amazing given the technology they had access too, new sciences, technologies and maths had to be created Today we are seeing the benefits of what was learnt back then Albeit a cheaper launch it’s not really more amazing.

[Beati Dogu]

The little mascot is up in the ISS' cupola now:



Posted by Ann Mclean earlier.