Dragon SpX-4 (CRS4) - Falcon 9 v1.1 - Canaveral SLC-40 - 08.08.2014

[Александр Ч.]

Кстати, а мышки в зачёт ПК не пройдут?

[Котя]

Неа.. не пройдут. В данном случае уместнее будет название обитаемый корабль.

[KL]

Собственно, вверх это "обитаемый корабль", а вниз - "труповоз".

Rodent Research-1 consists of Rodent Research-1 (NASA) and Rodent Research-1 (CASIS) and plans to launch 20 mice, including 10 NASA mice, and 10 CASIS mice. The 10 NASA research mice are 16-week-old C57Bl/6J females. Two mice are euthanized and dissected inside the MSG 30 days after transfer on station. Their livers and spleens are harvested and stowed in the MELFI until it is returned on another SpX vehicle. The remaining 8 mice are euthanized and preserved for downmass to confirm body weight is maintained while on station...

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1132.html
 
Ну и остальные десять черных мышек, которые летят в рамках эксперимента Rodent Research-1 (CASIS), тоже будут "are euthanized".

[KL]

Особенно впечатляют патологоанатомические работы астронавтов по извлечению мышиных печени и селезенки в перчаточном ящичке MSG. А на следующем этапе эксперимента через год будут извлекать мозги и резать их на тонкие ломтики:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1345.html

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/013/status.html

0455 GMT (12:55 a.m. EDT)
The launch weather officer reports all weather rules are currently "green" and expected to remain so for the rest of the countdown.

0452 GMT (12:52 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 60 minutes and counting. All four propellant tanks on the Falcon 9 rocket are now in topping mode. The cryogenic liquid oxygen tanks on the first and second stages will continue to be slowly replenished until the final minutes before launch to replace propellant that gradually boils off due to the warm ambient temperatures in Florida.

0449 GMT (12:49 a.m. EDT)
The weather forecast has improved again, now with just a 10 percent chance conditions will violate one of the Falcon 9's launch weather rules at 1:52:03 a.m. EDT (0552:03 GMT).

0445 GMT (12:45 a.m. EDT)
NASA TV coverage of the Falcon 9 launch is beginning now.

0410 GMT (12:10 a.m. EDT)
Filling of the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage with RP-1 fuel has been completed.

0330 GMT (11:30 p.m. EDT on Sat.)
The Dragon spacecraft is packed with more than 2.5 tons of scientific experiments, provisions and maintenance items.

Among the supplies packed inside are the first 3D printer to be launched into space, 20 mice riding in a specially-made habitat, an instrument to monitor ocean winds, and a commercial experiment that could improve the design of golf clubs.

The Dragon's total internal payload includes 1,644 pounds of science and research gear, 1,380 pounds of crew provisions, 403 pounds of vehicle hardware, 101 pounds of computer tools and 55 pounds of spacesuit equipment.

A $26 million NASA instrument is mounted inside the Dragon capsule's external trunk section. Named RapidScat, the instrument will be placed outside the space station to measure ocean winds and aid in hurricane forecasting.

Today's launch marks SpaceX's fourth operational resupply run to the space station under a 12-mission, $1.6 billion contract with NASA covering cargo services through 2016.

0244 GMT (10:44 p.m. EDT on Sat.)
Fueling of the 208-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket is about to get underway at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad after the SpaceX launch team issued a "go" to begin propellant loading.

The two-stage rocket burns RP-1 fuel -- a high-refined kerosene -- and liquid oxygen during today's nine-minute launch sequence.

Today's flight marks the 13th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since debuting in June 2010. It's the 8th mission of the improved Falcon 9 v1.1 version, which made its inaugural launch in September 2013 from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

0236 GMT (10:36 p.m. EDT on Sat.)
All weather rules are observed "go" at this time.

0217 GMT (10:17 p.m. EDT on Sat.)
The official forecast now calls for a 70 percent chance of favorable weather for the Falcon 9 rocket's instantaneous launch opportunity.

Launch time is set for 1:52:03 a.m. EDT (0552:03 GMT), roughly the moment Earth's rotation carries the Cape Canaveral launch base into the path of the International Space Station's orbit.

The main weather concerns are with the cumulus cloud rule and the flight through precipitation rule.

The outlook at launch time calls for isolated rain showers, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, and broken clouds at 20,000 feet, with northwest winds at 10 to 15 mph and a temperature of 73 degrees Fahrenheit.

0152 GMT (9:52 p.m. EDT on Sat.)
T-minus 4 hours. Two weather rules are currently observed "no go" at the Falcon 9 launch site, but there is plenty of time for conditions to improve overnight.

SpaceX is preparing to begin fueling operations, in which kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants, along with helium pressurant, will be pumped aboard the two-stage Falcon 9 rocket.

[bavv]

@SpaceX  · 13 мин.  
T-40 min to Falcon 9 & Dragon launch attempt, targeting 1:52am ET. Live webcast at T-20 min: http://www.spacex.com/webcast

[Salo]

0528 GMT (1:28 a.m. EDT)
Liquid oxygen topping continues on the Falcon 9 rocket's first and second stages.

0525 GMT (1:25 a.m. EDT)
The cargo-carrying Dragon capsule is being transitioned to internal power at this time.

0522 GMT (1:22 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 30 minutes. At the time of launch, the International Space Station will be flying 262 miles up over a point southwest of New Zealand.

Linkup with the complex is scheduled at 7:04 a.m. EDT (1104 GMT) Tuesday, when astronauts Alexander Gerst will grapple the Dragon spacecraft with the space station's robotic arm.

[Salo]

Трансляции
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#.VB5j9Vcrqkw
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

[Salo]

0540 GMT (1:40 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 12 minutes. The launch team has verified all consoles are go for liftoff at 1:52:03 a.m. EDT (0552:03 GMT).

The terminal countdown autosequence is about to begin at the T-minus 10 minute mark.

0537 GMT (1:37 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 15 minutes and counting. Here are some statistics on today's launch:

    13th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
    18th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
    12th Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral
    8th launch of a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket
    7th Falcon 9 v1.1 launch from Cape Canaveral
    2nd launch of a Dragon on a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket
    5th SpaceX mission to the space station
    6th Falcon 9 night launch
    6th Falcon 9 launch of 2014
    6th flight of a Dragon spacecraft
    14th launch from Cape Canaveral in 2014

0535 GMT (1:35 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 17 minutes and counting. The Falcon 9 rocket stands 208 feet tall and measures 12 feet in diameter. At liftoff, its nine Merlin 1D first stage engines will generate about 1.3 million pounds of thrust.

Fully fueled for launch, the Falcon 9 contains about 1.05 million pounds of kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants.

0532 GMT (1:32 a.m. EDT)
T-minus 20 minutes and counting. The final poll of the 20-person launch team will begin at T-minus 13 minutes before the countdown enters the final phase.

[azeast]

2 минуты

[Salo]

Улетела!

[Salo]

Есть отделение первой ступени!

[azeast]

5 минут полёта

[Salo]

Есть отделение Дракона!

[Salo]

Есть раскрытие СБ!

[bavv]

SpaceX ‏@SpaceX · 1 мин.
[PHOTO] Liftoff!! Falcon 9 lifts off from LC-40 at Cape Canaveral carrying Dragon to resupply the space station.

[Чуи]

А вот уточняющий вопрос. Это 6 полет - насколь летящий корабль многоразовый - в том смысле, что использует уже летавшие в космос части?

[Salo]

0607 GMT (2:07 a.m. EDT)
The Dragon spacecraft will reach the International Space Station on Sunday, with grapple scheduled for approximately 7:04 a.m. EDT (1104 GMT).

0605 GMT (2:05 a.m. EDT)
Video beamed back from the Dragon spacecraft show both solar array wings have unfurled. They span 54 feet tip-to-tip.

0604 GMT (2:04 a.m. EDT)
Dragon is deploying its two solar array wings now.

0602 GMT (2:02 a.m. EDT)
The Dragon spacecraft has separated from the Falcon 9 rocket. Solar array deployment should begin within 2 minutes.

0601 GMT (2:01 a.m. EDT)
Second stage shutdown! Falcon 9 has achieved orbit.

0600 GMT (2:00 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 8 minutes, 40 seconds. About one minute until the second stage Merlin 1D engine is supposed to shut down as the vehicle reaches orbit. The launcher is aiming for an orbit with a low point of 310 kilometers (192 miles), a high point of 360 kilometers (223 miles), and an inclination of 51.6 degrees.

0559 GMT (1:59 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 7 minutes, 40 seconds. The vehicle remains in a nominal trajectory. The terminal guidance phase of the launch will start soon.

0559 GMT (1:59 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 7 minutes. The kerosene-fueled Merlin 1D upper stage engine generates about 161,000 pounds of thrust in vacuum.

0558 GMT (1:58 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 6 minutes, 20 seconds. The rocket is at an altitude of 202 kilometers, traveling at 3.7 kilometers per second and flying 420 kilometers downrange from Cape Canaveral. The vehicle is now in communications range of a ground station in New Hampshire.

0557 GMT (1:57 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 5 minutes, 20 seconds. Everything reported to be going well with this second stage engine firing. The Merlin vacuum engine uses an ultra-thin niobium nozzle extension for greater efficiency in the upper atmosphere.

The rocket is now traveling more than 6,000 mph.

0556 GMT (1:56 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 4 minutes. The nose cone covering the Dragon spacecraft's berthing port should be be jettisoned now.

0555 GMT (1:55 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 3 minutes. The Falcon 9 first stage engines have cut off, the stages have separated, and the rocket's second stage Merlin vacuum engine has ignited for its approximately six-minute firing to reach orbital velocity.

0554 GMT (1:54 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 2 minutes. Now soaring at an altitude of more than 20 miles, the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage will shut down and jettison in about one minute. Engines no. 1 and 9 will shut down about 10 seconds before the remaining seven Merlin 1D first stage engines.

And chilldown of the second stage's vacuum-rated Merlin 1D engine has started in preparation for its ignition.

0553 GMT (1:53 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 1 minute. The Falcon 9 rocket is approaching the speed of sound and the phase of maximum aerodynamic pressure.

0552 GMT (1:52 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 20 seconds. The Falcon 9 rocket's pitch program has initiated to put the 208-foot-tall rocket on an northeasterly trajectory from Cape Canaveral.

0552 GMT (1:52 a.m. EDT)
LIFTOFF of the Falcon 9 rocket, resupplying the International Space Station through the private sector.

[pova]

Согласно условиям контракта, для NASA они каждый раз запускают новый Dragon.

[che wi]