The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

Cosimo · 8 Apr 2016 at 14:59

Sentinel-1B ready for launch on the April 22:

Cosimo · 8 Apr 2016 at 15:24

Tim Peake shares his views of Earth and his six-month Principia mission on the ISS:

Cosimo · 8 Apr 2016 at 16:36

SpaceX CRS-8: a glimpse of the Falcon 9 on the pad:

All looking good for later this evening.

Glaucus · 8 Apr 2016 at 21:05

live on nasa tv now
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

ready poll done, propellant now loading,

Glaucus · 8 Apr 2016 at 21:54

yes !!!!! go drone ship

Rosbif · 8 Apr 2016 at 21:58

Great landing

Combat squirrel · 8 Apr 2016 at 23:22

AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY LIFE IM BOUNCING AROUND !!!! (I literally ran around my arms in the air at the pub, people wondering what the hell I am doing !!

) haha

AMAZING LANDING !!!

Yo, Blue-O THAT'S HOW ITS DONE

Cosimo · 9 Apr 2016 at 06:25

SpaceX CRS-8: Launch and landing

Cosimo · 9 Apr 2016 at 06:42

Cosimo · 9 Apr 2016 at 07:10

The launch taken from the NASA Causeway with an 8" Meade LX200 Classic and custom tracking software. Recorded with a Canon T5i @ f/6.3:

Animated gif of the barge landing:

Cosimo · 9 Apr 2016 at 10:57

Spectacular!

Glaucus · 9 Apr 2016 at 14:01

So next two spaceX flights are Geo, so suicide barge landing attempts with little fuel. Then third flight will be return to land. Wonder they're they're going to launch a used core.

Lumeycom · 9 Apr 2016 at 14:24

Incredible achievement!

Rosbif · 9 Apr 2016 at 14:39

I wish they had some decent shots of the barge landing where you can see the rocket coming in.

Cosimo · 9 Apr 2016 at 15:28

A couple more on the barge:

Cosimo · 9 Apr 2016 at 17:03

The SpaceX technical webcast video for the CRS-8 Launch:

This one has views of the rocket, launch pad and comms.

Cosimo · 10 Apr 2016 at 07:43

This week:

Cosimo · 10 Apr 2016 at 08:01

Rosbif said:
I wish they had some decent shots of the barge landing where you can see the rocket coming in.

SpaceX have put this one out:

CRS-8 by SpaceX Photos, on Flickr

DBT85 · 10 Apr 2016 at 08:26

Can anyone explain why the bottom third is black but on launch its white? Whats the cause?

Cosimo · 10 Apr 2016 at 09:14

DBT85 said:
Can anyone explain why the bottom third is black but on launch its white? Whats the cause?

Soot deposit from the engines on re-entry is widely quoted but it could also be that the white paint coat surface has burnt off. The areas covered by the legs before opening remain the original white. SpaceX have kept quiet about that aspect of the Falcon design

** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond