The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

Glaucus · 29 Feb 2016 at 17:09

PBS have a show in 2nd of march I think it's online and anyone can watch, but we will see. Following Scott Kellys year in space.

http://www.pbs.org/video/2365666600/

Follow astronaut Scott Kelly’s record-breaking 12-month mission on the International Space Station, from launch to landing, as NASA charts the effects of long-duration spaceflight by comparing him to his identical twin on Earth, astronaut Mark Kelly. Landing Wednesday, March 2 at 8/7c.

Cosimo · 1 Mar 2016 at 06:14

Landing a Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan:

Cosimo · 1 Mar 2016 at 07:09

SpaceX SES-9 launch on again for tonight:

Launch window opens at 23:35 UTC.

Delvis · 1 Mar 2016 at 22:11

Assume Kelly's departure has happened already?

Cosimo · 2 Mar 2016 at 06:24

Kelly and Co depart:

Cosimo · 2 Mar 2016 at 06:26

SpaceX SES-9 launch update:

Unfortunately upper-level winds continue to exceed acceptable limits and are expected to get worse as we approach tonight’s launch window, so we are forgoing today’s launch attempt. Winds are forecast to exceed acceptable limits through Thursday. Our team will continue working with the Air Force’s Launch Weather Officer to evaluate the best available opportunity for flight in the coming days.

Cosimo · 2 Mar 2016 at 06:45

Delvis said:
Assume Kelly's departure has happened already?

He's back on earth:

Delvis · 2 Mar 2016 at 06:52

Bah. Is there repeat coverage at all?

Cosimo · 2 Mar 2016 at 06:57

Delvis said:
Bah. Is there repeat coverage at all?

The videos above or maybe on NASA TV.

Combat squirrel · 2 Mar 2016 at 09:27

Awesome stuff, will there be a video of them doing their hour long tasks? The obstacle course as they mentioned? I'd love to see that, what they do, see how they are after a year of weightlessness

Cosimo · 2 Mar 2016 at 13:29

A big welcome home:

Combat squirrel · 2 Mar 2016 at 16:02

They look in good health to be fair, I thought they would be more dizzy/disoriented - I've seen other astronauts after 6 months look a lot lot worse

Cosimo · 3 Mar 2016 at 06:19

We will go to Mars:

Cosimo · 3 Mar 2016 at 06:47

The ExoMars 2016 spacecraft (Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Schiaparelli entry, descent and landing demonstrator) being prepared for its mid-March launch in Baikonur:

Cosimo · 3 Mar 2016 at 09:54

Scott Kelly final arrives at home:

Cosimo · 3 Mar 2016 at 13:30

Nice timelapse of last month's final preparations to launch of Sentinel-3A from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome:

Cosimo · 4 Mar 2016 at 07:33

Expedition 47-48 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA and their backups, Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos and Shane Kimbrough of NASA head to Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to complete their training:

Launch of Soyuz TMA-20M is scheduled for March 19.

Cosimo · 4 Mar 2016 at 08:20

SpaceX SES-9 launch on again for tonight:

Full version:

Only shots of the rocket and countdown net audio:

Window opens at 23:35 UTC.

Last weather forecast showed a 90% chance of favourable conditions

dacads · 4 Mar 2016 at 17:38

Glaucus · 4 Mar 2016 at 18:12

I hope they actually launch tonight and it's successful.
I don't understand what they're playing at though, they were hoping fir over 20launches this year, basically one a fortnight, however even ignoring the delays they've only been scheduling one a month.

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