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

[Minusorange]

Looks smaller than I imagined it would be with humans for perspective

 

[Dano]

Looks smaller than I imagined it would be with humans for perspective

Odd perspective I suspect, this one shows it's size a lot better.

 

[DJMK4]

Managed to watch it flypast clear visibility yesterday although camera doesn't do it justice. Taken from my garden in Cardiff. Humbling site to watch the launch then an hour or two later fly past @ 22:15

 

[sigma]

Managed to watch it flypast clear visibility yesterday although camera doesn't do it justice. Taken from my garden in Cardiff. Humbling site to watch the launch then an hour or two later fly past @ 22:15

Thanks of posting. Agreed, it was surreal watching it! I'm so glad I went out to an open space to watch it as I had a great view. Managed to get a photograph of the ISS but the Dragon was too dim. As I said at the time though, I initially saw it moving quite a bit faster than it was in your vid.

 

[jonneymendoza]

nice docking

 

[2004typer]

He hit his head on the way in!!!

Yep - looks like he caught it just before hugging his colleague.

 

[Merlin5]

As I watched them floating through I must say I thought they looked dangerously close to bumping into the top
part of the hatch. Clearly one of them did!

 

[Malevolence]

The landing. Nursing a semi every time I see this.

 

[adam cool dude]

The landing. Nursing a semi every time I see this.

As a kid you imagined things like this but never thought to see it happen. It's just like Thunderbird 3!

 

[TNA]

The landing. Nursing a semi every time I see this.

Next jump will be seeing the starship doing this

 

[Malevolence]

Apart from the synchro landing of both boosters back when SpaceX launched the Roadster to test the Falcon 9 Heavy, I have to say that this landing of the New Shepherd 3 booster is the best. It just looks like all the doodles on my exercise books as a kid.

 

[Malevolence]

Hadn't seen this view before.

 

[Merlin5]

 

[sityeuropa]

SN7 Test tank is about to go pop, pressure testing to destruction.

 

[Merlin5]

Couple of good reads here from a NASA astronaut.

What's it like to blast off the planet?
https://www.thedrive.com/travel/2547/what-is-it-like-to-blast-off-the-planet

What's it like to spacewalk at 17,500mph?
https://www.thedrive.com/travel/2928/whats-it-like-to-spacewalk-at-17-500-mph

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

Apart from the synchro landing of both boosters back when SpaceX launched the Roadster to test the Falcon 9 Heavy, I have to say that this landing of the New Shepherd 3 booster is the best. It just looks like all the doodles on my exercise books as a kid.

There is something awesome about the slow control of blue origin landing.

 

[phil-k]

Apart from the synchro landing of both boosters back when SpaceX launched the Roadster to test the Falcon 9 Heavy, I have to say that this landing of the New Shepherd 3 booster is the best. It just looks like all the doodles on my exercise books as a kid.

Its a shame that it look like a giant flying penis especially at 1:25

 

[Malevolence]

90 mins to go until the launch window opens.

 

[Marky]

90 mins to go until the launch window opens.

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Thanks for posting I’ll be watching

 

[SupraWez]

Watched this, shame the feeds always go offline when they show the returning stage, then feed comes back online and show it standing there.