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Launch went very well and Victor, Mike, Shannon and Soichi are in orbit. (Ending a period in which 2/3's of the humans in the whole rest of the universe not on Earth were named Sergey.)

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/stat...3303042048

(Nov 16, 2020 02:26 AM)Yazata Wrote: [ -> ]Launch went very well and Victor, Mike, Shannon and Soichi are in orbit. (Ending a period in which 2/3's of the humans in the whole rest of the universe not on Earth were named Sergey.)

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/stat...3303042048

At least Jim Bridenstine got to have it happen on his watch, in the nick of time. (Along with that earlier mission of "we made re-history but are just floating around doing nothing officially useful in the space station".)

Austin Barnard?
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14 Nov
Raptor Serial #32 after being removed from StarShip SN8.

https://twitter.com/austinbarnard45/stat...73/photo/1

I can't see anything wrong with it - there again I can't see anything right about these engines - but not blown to smithereens.

B1061.1 arrived (barely) back in Port Canaveral today after launching Crew-1 to the Space Station. The rocket appears to have slid from the center of JRTI to where it's tilted precariously over the edge. Octagrabber is grabbed onto it and appears to have saved it from being lost into the sea. (Give that robot a raise!) Unclear what happened, maybe rough seas after recovery.

SpaceX photos from Crew-1

View out one of the capsule's portholes



Approaching




Closer, with the Earth below

Crew-1 is slated to return this coming Wednesday April-28-2021 with its four Crew-1 astronauts, Victor, Mike, Shannon and Soichi aboard.

Hatch closure on the ISS is scheduled for 4:45 AM EDT. Undocking at 7:05 AM EDT. Splashdown in the Atlantic at 12:40 PM EDT.

On hand will be SpaceX's Go Searcher recovery ship, currently at Port Canaveral preparing. It's sister recovery ship is currently in Tampa in preparation for a contingency Gulf of Mexico landing. That could happen if weather doesn't cooperate or something. Bob and Doug had to use a Gulf LZ off Pensacola.

All of it will be livestreamed here

https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

Complicating matters is the fact that OCISLY is presently returning to Port Canaveral with B1061.2, the Crew-2 booster. What's more, a Starlink launch also scheduled for Wednesday 4-28. JRTI will be booster-catcher and Go Quest and Shelia Bordelon will assist with that one.

So SpaceX's little navy is going to be very busy next week.

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1...9912048645

https://spacexfleet.com/

Missing the direct view, but the control panel still reminded me of the various ones featured in "2001: A Space Odyssey".

Crew-1 return was delayed by weather in the Atlantic and is now scheduled to land them in the Gulf of Mexico off Panama City Florida.

Currently preparing to return. Conducting a short burn to get rid of excess fuel. The next big event will be deconnecting the capsule's trunk. Then de-orbit burn coming up. Splashdown should be at 11:56 PM Pacific/2:56 AM Eastern.