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SpaceX CRS-13 Mission: Launch, Grapple, Installation, Deorbit, Reentry and Splashdown
by Nicholas Kang 12-07-2017, 01:11 AM
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LIVE: SpaceX CRS-13 (LC40 RTF, December 15, 2017 10:36:09 EST / 15:36:09 UTC) Thread name updated to include capture and installation phase of the mission. Reentry and splashdown coverage/updates will be included here as well.  Quote:
Mission Press Kit is available here. Webcast: Static Fire: Quote:
Mission Overview (NASA): PDF Link: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/f...w_low_res8.pdf (*Wrong launch date in PDF) Total Cargo: 2205 kg / 4861.2 lbs Pressurized Cargo w/packaging: 1560 kg / 3439.2 lbs Unpressurized Cargo (TSIS, SDS): 645 kg / 1422 lbs Note: Zuma mission postponed to NET Jan. 4 next year, and will be launched from LC40 as well. Last edited by Nicholas Kang; 12-17-2017 at 01:47 PM. Reason: Thread name updated to include overall mission phases. |
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SpaceX Technical webcast is back!
Hosted webcast NASA TV live broadcast has started! Eastern range is go for launch and landing. 90% GO for today (Weather) T-25 minutes SpaceX music begins! HUGE LOX venting LOX loading surpasses 50% Star Wars inspired CASIS mission patch. Both technical and hosted webcast have begun! SpaceX do not plan to clean or repaint reused boosters in the future! 10 minutes to go! Engine chill start soon. Strongback retracted! 1 minute! Startup! LIFTOFF!!! MAX-Q MECO Stage sep! Boostback burn underway and second stage is good! Entry burn! Stage 1 landed! SECO Dragon deployed! Some impressive views... Solar arrays deployed! Successful launch! Webcast ended! Last edited by Nicholas Kang; 12-15-2017 at 03:53 PM. |
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SpaceX CRS-13 Falcon 9 Launch from SLC-40
It’s launch day for the CRS-13 ISS resupply flight! Looks like SLC-40 will finally see its first launch since the incident that resulted in severe damage to the pad facilities last year. T-0 is currently scheduled for 10:36AM ET and weather is 90% go according to the 45th SW at CCAFS.
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---------- Post added at 04:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:27 AM ---------- Successful launch and first stage recovery! Next up is rendezvous with the ISS on December 17th. Last edited by Codz; 12-15-2017 at 06:30 AM. |
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12-15-2017, 04:17 PM
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Smooth
 Can't believe how quick they flip that big 1st stage for the boostback burn!
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This was the best live view from the Cape yet. It was quite a show
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Amazing. SpaceX has a stage recovery rate of 80%.
 There are 16 used recovered stages.One thing that I noticed was that there appeared to be some exhaust leaking from the junction of the nozzle and powerhead on the second stage Merlin. Didn't look like a wake effect. Last edited by Thunder Chicken; 12-16-2017 at 03:19 AM. |
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12-17-2017, 09:30 AM
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Live on NASA TV
Grapple coverage (4:30 a.m. EST) Installation coverage (7:30 a.m. EST) Dragon gradually moving from 250 m holding point to 30 m holding point. Dragon now in 200 m Keep Out Sphere Solar Array Reoriented! About to cross over 150 m mark Dragon and ISS about to cross South America. 107 m from ISS, approaching southern South America About to cross 90 m. 80 m 77 m 60 m 50 m 47 m 40 m 30 m HOLD! About to cross Southern Spain and Strait of Gibraltar GO! Dragon continue closing in to the ISS. Dragon moving towards the 10 m capture point. Dragon to cross over borders of Russia and Kazakhstan. 23 m, 23 minutes away from capture. Less than 15 m Arrived at capture point! Standby for capture Dragon in Free Drift (to prevent thrusters firing) and ISS thrusters inhibited Arm in Motion! Capture at 04:57 CT, 05:57 EST, 10:57 UTC. Go for post-capture reconfiguration Video: Last edited by Nicholas Kang; 12-17-2017 at 01:32 PM. |
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Dragon installation coverage goes live! (7:30 a.m. ET)
Dan Huot, Moderator for NASA's Public Affair is the commentator. Moving to "Ready-To-Latch-Position" (ROBO Using the CBCS "Centerline Berthing Camera System" who provide relative-state, alignment information to the SSRMS operator for robotic berthing. Some "exercise constraint" for the ISS crew. Dragon will remain hold at 1.5 m from the berthing port. Short handover between communication links. 0.5 m HD View: Closing in now! Standby for RTL Maneuver (Ready-To-Latch) Dragon moving again, this time contacting the berthing port. Now at RTL stage! Now, alignment: all 4 RTL "Ready-To-Latch-Indicators" must be switched to Green (indicating that Dragon was in the proper position for installation) Working on second stage capture now. "1st stage capture": closed four latches and started driving bolts (SSRMS in limp-mode) "2nd Stage Capture": four sets of 4 bolts were driven to secure Dragon in place. ISS flying over Puerto Rico All bolts driven! Dragon installed 8:26 a.m. Eastern! "Fast & furious" task to unload the cargoes. Installation coverage ended! Last edited by Nicholas Kang; 12-17-2017 at 01:36 PM. |
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01-13-2018, 10:27 AM
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CRS-13 departed from ISS a little while ago. De-orbit expected at 14:43 UTC, with splashdown about 15:36. NASA Feature Release: NASA Science to Return to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, Jan. 13, west of Baja California, with approximately 4,100 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demonstration samples from the International Space Station. The Dragon spacecraft will be taken by ship to Long Beach, California, where some cargo will be removed immediately for return to NASA. Dragon then will be prepared for a return trip to SpaceX's test facility in McGregor, Texas, for final processing. A variety of technological and biological studies are returning in Dragon. Hardware from the Made in Space Fiber Optics payload, which demonstrated manufacturing fiber optic filaments in a microgravity environment. Designed by the company Made in Space and sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the investigation pulled fiber optic wire from ZBLAN, a heavy metal fluoride glass commonly used to make fiber optic glass. Research indicates that ZBLAN fiber pulled in microgravity may not crystalize as much, giving it better optical qualities than the silica used in most fiber optic wire. Results from this investigation could lead to the production of higher-quality fiber optic products both in space and on Earth. Samples from APEX-05 were used to study a stress reaction in plants when experiencing reduced oxygen availably (hypoxia), which occurs for example, during times of soil flooding. Such natural hypoxic events are sensed by plants and can lead to either changes in growth and development to aid in the plant’s survival, or in extreme cases, lead to significant losses in productivity and even death. These spaceflight experiments may help provide molecular targets for manipulation to help make plants more tolerant of low oxygen conditions and so contribute to agriculturally important traits such as crop flood tolerance. Mice from NASA’s Rodent Research-6 study also will return live to Earth for additional study. The investigation, which was conducted jointly with the U.S. National Lab, evaluated a new drug delivery device for administering continuous low doses, which could help counteract muscle wasting and prevent the need for daily or frequent drug administration. A tiny capsule, implanted under the skin, delivers a constant, low dose of a drug via a silicone membrane, with channels as narrow as 1/50,000 the width of a human hair. The drug, called formoterol, is a common therapy in asthma inhalers and for other lung diseases that relaxes muscles responsible for tightening a patient’s airways. The low-dose delivery also could help avoid the known side effects of taking high doses long-term. Last edited by Nicholas Kang; 01-13-2018 at 10:29 AM. |
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Amazing. SpaceX has a stage recovery rate of 80%. 
