The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

Cosimo · 16 Sep 2013 at 09:31

Glaucus said:
F9v1.1 cassiope is delayed after several anomalies on the hot fire were found. New hot fire schedualed for wensday, no official launch date now, but its usually about 3 days after a sucesful hot fire. Assuming they can get launch permision and no other space launches are schedualed and of course weather peritting.

From Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 23h:

Will do another static fire of rocket to make sure all is good & AF needs to test ICBMs, so probable launch Sept 29/30.

Cosimo · 17 Sep 2013 at 10:18

How time flies and budget permitting we should see a manned flight service to the ISS in 2017.

Glaucus · 17 Sep 2013 at 13:55

Cosimo said:
From Elon Musk ?@elonmusk 23h:

Nice, juust launch it allready, grass hopper on full scale. Man I hope it goes better than expected. We need cheaper lift vehicles.

I dont know if you use it but http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html is excellent and if you click on the mission status link at the bottom off each it gives you all the latests iinfo, be it unofficial, official or even tweets.

Nice liittle competitom, surprised they arent further ahead with the autonoums stuff.

Cosimo · 17 Sep 2013 at 15:34

Launch at 15:50 BST tomorrow.

quickshot89 · 17 Sep 2013 at 15:54

Glaucus said:
Nice liittle competitom, surprised they arent further ahead with the autonoums stuff.

Why cant we have stuff like this in the UK? It would drive Science and Technology courses

Glaucus · 17 Sep 2013 at 17:01

quickshot89 said:
Why cant we have stuff like this in the UK? It would drive Science and Technology courses

There are a fair few. Like the greenpower educatgion trust.
Where students build electric race cars and race them over the year at different places.
http://www.greenpower.co.uk/

Its just knowing about them. Non off them seem to be well advertised.

Cosimo · 18 Sep 2013 at 07:16

Looking good for 15:50 BST today.

cobrax · 18 Sep 2013 at 12:23

Im currently sitting in the carpark of the Andoya rocket range waiting for the launch of a rocket that will be deploying a scramjet for testing. The Scramspace.

Hopefully ill get a video.

Cosimo · 18 Sep 2013 at 15:21

Cygnus Mission launch (15:58 BST) now streaming live:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-media-channel

Cosimo · 18 Sep 2013 at 15:47

We are GO for launch.

Glaucus · 18 Sep 2013 at 15:52

Cosimo said:
We are GO for launch.

Watching

Cosimo · 18 Sep 2013 at 15:59

Looking good!

Cosimo · 18 Sep 2013 at 16:01

Cosimo · 18 Sep 2013 at 16:05

Stage One separation:

cobrax · 18 Sep 2013 at 16:12

http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=26722

Had to run indoors at about +10, seconds with everyone ealse. Did not look good. Couldn't get video as phones needed to be off. Little bit scary as we where about 150m from launch pad,

Cosimo · 18 Sep 2013 at 16:55

Cosimo · 19 Sep 2013 at 08:36

ISS capture is on the 22nd at 12:25 BST.

Cosimo · 19 Sep 2013 at 08:40

Busy day yesterday:

An Atlas V rocket carrying the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-3) satellite for the United States Air Force.

quickshot89 · 19 Sep 2013 at 10:01

The fact that the rocket was using 40 year old Russian engines that are the second most ranked in Thrust to weight (After the Merlin 1D) is being used for an American private rocket is just great. Old tech the best tech

Von Smallhausen · 19 Sep 2013 at 21:21

Just read an interesting on interstellar travel theories and it is mind boggling at the hurdles that need to be overcome, time dilation not least of them.

I stopped reading after intergalactic travel .... mind was blown.

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