NASA/SpaceX DM-2 SATURDAY!

FIRST General Forum
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Liftoff of the first crewed :rocket: launch from the US in 9 years was scheduled for 2020-05-27T20:33:31Z from Historic Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, but the launch has been scrubbed due to weather. The backup opportunity is at Saturday, May 30, 2020 7:22 PM .

Live coverage from NASA and SpaceX:

Docking is scheduled for 2020-05-28T15:39:00Z and hatch opening is scheduled for 2020-05-28T17:55:00Z

Backup launch opportunities: Saturday, May 30, 2020 7:22 PM and Sunday, May 31, 2020 7:00 PM

Crew: Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken
Rocket and spacecraft: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon
More info: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/05/spacex-dragon-in-historic-first/

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I’ll be attending and will post some pictures if anyone is interested.

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I think we’re interested. Pictures are welcome

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Make sure you stay socially distanced from the rocket…

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I think Bertha is going to spoil our day.

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Yeah weather is not looking good at this point. Hope it clears up…

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I’ll try my best. Funnily enough though, my cousin is working as a medic for the launch if anything goes wrong.

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50% Probability of Violating Weather Constraints, so it’s not ruled out yet by any means. The plan is to go through the count right up to a few minutes before liftoff. The weather only needs to be right at that exact moment.

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I wonder how different their tolerance for weather is with humans on board vs. with cargo.

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It’s similar in terms of weather at the launch site, but with crew they also need to consider weather at potential abort sites up the East Coast and across the North Atlantic.

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Those suits are pretty epic, the dragon capsule too :slightly_smiling_face:

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SpaceX took a literal cue from Hollywood:

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The launch was just cancelled because of bad weather.

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New launch window is 15:22 ET on 5/30/20.

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I blame Florida Tom Brady for this weather.

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More like ULA but ok

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Maybe move future SpaceX launches to Cape Cod?

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Just saying that Elon’s secret weather machine would have been really useful today.

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New thread for attempt 2: