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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.

I hope it goes well. God knows Elon Musk could use a win after the raining loses he's had lately.

TacoMac said:

I hope it goes well. God knows Elon Musk could use a win after the raining loses he's had lately.

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Charged my phone up ( it has no cell service) and set the alarm for 1:20 AM. That's local time for when it goes up (1:48AM). Gives me enough time to drink a beer or two and hit the pipe before terminal countdown.

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.

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.

Makes you wanna buy a ticket

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/

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.

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.

It's going to be a long time before that happens.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon has proved itself in space — now it has to get back to Earth in one piece

Splashdown is scheduled for 8:45 AM eastern time and will be he final test of the Crew Dragon. It will first have to survive burning through the atmosphere and safely splash down in the Atlantic ocean. After surviving almost a week in space the most crucial test is yet to come.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/7/18254549/spacex-crew-dragon-iss-nasa-landing-parachutes-splashdown

Great stuff.

Mission Success....
Crew Dragon deorbit and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean

yep, and it look like a burnt marsh mellow too

Nothing a few cans of Krylon can't fix

blake9999 said:

Nothing a few cans of Krylon can't fix

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eh just a touch up here and there, good to go...

Second 'Raptor' Engine on it's way to be installed on Starship this week.

https://www.teslarati.com/starship-prototype-raptor-engine-install/

BudmanTX said:

yep, and it look like a burnt marsh mellow too
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That'll buff out.