I’m driving through Nebraska and Wyoming today, hoping to get to Cheyenne in time for the launch later. How is the weather looking at Cape Canaveral this time around?
Curious thing - Dragon is designed for a crew up to seven, as was the shuttle IIRC*. Is this some really optimal point, or perhaps inspired by a Star Trek episode?
* There was at least one flight with eight, but the normal crew size was indeed five to seven according to NASA.
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In orbit! Ok, who can tell me why they have about a half dozen delta vees for docking with ISS, when my schooling taught me that two delta vees was optimal for transfer from one orbit to another?
They’re doing a thorough checkout, and they also need to exactly match orbits with ISS which will be a bit on the interesting side. Going to be a fun 19 hours for the crew. Future launches may have fewer delta-Vs.
Anybody catch what they named the capsule? They were going to release that somewhere around launch.
launch from the US in 9 years is scheduled for 7:22:00 PM from Historic Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.