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SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Return (B1059.1 - CRS-19) To Port Canaveral

NASASpaceflight

7 дек. 2019 г.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Booster (B1059.1) returned on Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) to Port Canaveral after launching the CRS-19 Dragon mission to the ISS.

Footage by Brady Kenniston (@TheFavoritist) for NSF.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/PNvmrNTi29s (7:23)

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 John Kraus  :f09f9a80:‏ @johnkrausphotos 7 дек.

Speechless.

View my full gallery of photos from my helicopter flight over Port Canaveral this morning: http://www.johnkrausphotos.com/Launch-Galleries/Falcon-9-CRS-19 ...

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Falcon 9 booster 1059.1 returns to Port Canaveral: Aerial video

johnkrausphotos

7 дек. 2019 г.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q2PGsMFdC-s (2:52)

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 Greg Scott  :f09f9a80: :f09f9aa2: :f09f988e:‏ @GregScott_photo 7 дек.

A couple of shots of B1059.1 being lifted off OCISLY and placed on port for laying over to be transported back to #SpaceX hanger @NASA.  #Space #Science

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 Greg Scott  :f09f9a80: :f09f9aa2: :f09f988e:‏ @GregScott_photo 12 ч. назад

Not much work going on around #SpaceX Booster 1059.1 this morning, but I noticed 2 legs have been retracted while the other 2 are still down. Curious what the delay is? #SpaceX #NASA #Space #Science

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/08/falcon-9-performs-extended-mission-in-test-for-future-u-s-military-launches/

Falcon 9 performs extended mission in test for future U.S. military launches
December 8, 2019 | Stephen Clark


An aft-facing camera on the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage captured this view of the Dragon spacecraft with its solar panels extended shortly after arriving in orbit Thursday. The upper stage continued its mission and performed a long-duration coast experiment after releasing the Dragon cargo ship. Credit: SpaceX

An extended mission for the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage after launch Thursday with a space station cargo ship helped demonstrate SpaceX's ability to perform long-duration flight sequences to inject U.S. military payloads directly into high-altitude geosynchronous orbit.

Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, characterized the test as a "big success" Friday in a meeting with reporters at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

"This was our third long coast (demonstration)," Shotwell said. "They're still looking at the data, but I got a thumbs up this morning that it looked like it went really well."

On Thursday's launch fr om Cape Canaveral, the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage delivered the mission's Dragon cargo capsule payload to low Earth orbit less than 10 minutes after liftoff. Instead of performing a short deorbit burn soon after releasing the Dragon supply ship in orbit — as the Falcon 9 upper stage typically does — the rocket continued coasting around Earth for several orbits before reigniting its Merlin for a longer disposal firing that lasted 20.1 seconds, according to Shotwell.

"It was a full duration burn," she said Friday.

An airspace warning notice, or NOTAM, associated with Thursday's Falcon 9 launch indicated the rocket's second stage would deorbit over the far southern Indian Ocean more than five hours after liftoff, following a plane change maneuver into a higher-inclination orbit. Most of the rocket body was expected to burn up during re-entry.

SpaceX has performed long-duration coast demonstrations before, most recently after a Falcon Heavy flight in June. On that mission, designated STP-2, the Falcon Heavy's second stage conducted four upper stage engine burns over three-and-a-half hours to deploy two dozen satellites into three different orbits around Earth.


SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad Thursday. Credit: SpaceX

Engineers wanted to show on Thursday's mission that the Falcon 9 upper stage could remain properly thermally balanced during lengthy flights required to place large U.S. Air Force or National Reconnaissance Office payloads into high-energy orbits. The Falcon 9's second stage consumes super-chilled kerosene and cryogenic liquid oxygen propellants.

A SpaceX official said Friday that engineers added baffles to the second stage tanks to help prevent liquid propellant from pooling on the tank walls. The official said SpaceX's earlier long-duration coast demonstrations, such as the STP-2 mission on the Falcon Heavy, proved the upper stage could perform maneuvers over several hours, but that engineers did not quite see the results they desired.

The Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy share the same upper stage design.

Long-duration missions often lasting five-to-six hours are required to place satellites on trajectories high above Earth, such as circular geosynchronous orbits, wh ere spacecraft linger over the same geographic region at an altitude of more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator.

Some of the U.S. government's top secret spy satellites require direct rides to geosynchronous orbits. The Delta 4-Heavy rocket built and flown by United Launch Alliance often delivers those clandestine payloads to space, but ULA is retiring the Delta 4-Heavy. ULA's next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket and SpaceX's launch vehicles are less expensive than the Delta 4-Heavy, which has launched 11 times since 2004.

The U.S. Air Force also occasionally flies satellite missions that require multi-hour launch profiles.

In contrast, SpaceX's Dragon missions to the International Space Station reach their targeted deployment orbits in less than 10 minutes. A commercial communications satellite is typically released from the Falcon 9 launcher around a half-hour after liftoff.

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Толпы в Причалном Парке наслаждаются невероятным зрелищем, когда ракета орбитального класса возвращается в
@PortCanaveral
 , Для большинства из них это, вероятно, настолько близко, насколько они когда-либо были к ракете. Это довольно крутая вещь.
https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1203324906634657792

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/12/09/crew-unpacks-new-science-from-u-s-and-russian-cargo-ships/

Crew Unpacks New Science from U.S. and Russian Cargo Ships

Mark Garcia
Posted Dec 9, 2019 at 1:26 pm


The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship is pictured approaching the space station (left) and after it was installed to the Harmony module (right) on Dec. 8, 2019.

Two new cargo spaceships are open for business at the International Space Station as a variety of new space research begins this week. The Expedition 61 crew has begun unpacking several tons new supplies from the U.S. and Russian space freighters.
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The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship arrived at the station on Sunday for a capture and installation with the Canadarm2 robotic arm to the U.S. Harmony module. Commander Luca Parmitano joined NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan and quickly unpacked brand new science gear and rodents for observation aboard the space station.

NASA Flight Engineer Christina Koch worked throughout Monday juggling numerous science and cargo activities. She was offloading new Dragon supplies and housing lab rodents delivered aboard the U.S. cargo craft. ...

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Julia‏ @julia_bergeron 3 ч. назад

The transporter has arrived for the Falcon 9 booster. #SpaceX #CRS19




Next Horizons SpaceFlight‏ @NextHorizons_ 3 ч. назад

The transporter is inbound to grab B1059.

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https://vk.com/spacex?w=wall-41152133_178272
Шокирующие подробности о 2-й ступени Falcon 9 миссии CRS-19, спутниках Starlink и полёте Crew Dragon с экипажем от операционного директора SpaceX, Гвинн Шотвелл :f09f91a9:‍:f09fa6b0:

:f09f9a80: Про таинственные испытания 2-й ступени Falcon 9 во время миссии CRS-19:

— Испытание было произведено по запросу ВВС США, чтобы гарантировать возможность прямого вывода на ГСО - перед запуском миссии AFSPC-44 на Falcon Heavy в 4 квартале 2020 года

— После 6-и часового пролёта по орбите - двигатель был запущен на 20.1 секунды

— До настоящего времени ВВС США полагались на ракету Атлас-5 при прямом выведением спутников на ГСО. SpaceX нужно было продемонстрировать эту возможность

— Это был третий такой опыт со 2-й ступенью, после запуска Roadster на Falcon Heavy и спутника GPS III SV01.

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 Julia‏ @julia_bergeron 13 ч. назад

B1059.1 has all four legs retracted. The transporter arrived yesterday so all that is left is to crane her onto the transporter and return to Cape to be readied for the next mission. #SpaceX #CRS19

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 Greg Scott  :f09f9a80: :f09f9aa2: :f09f988e:‏ @GregScott_photo 11 дек.

And just like that, after 3 days of waiting #SpaceX F9 booster 1059.1 went down quickly & without incident. Finally on the crawler (the same one #NASA used for the Space Shuttle) it is being secured for transport back for refurbishment. #Space #ElonMusk




11 дек.

Three solar panels on the top of the B1059.1 lifting cap. I would think they would be for the flashing lights on the cap but I am not sure....care to weigh in @julia_bergeron or @spacecoast_stve ?




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11 дек.

Ever want to look down the empty fuselage of a spent F9 before? Well here is what it looks like minus lift cap sitting on the crawler. #SpaceX #ElonMusk #Space

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/12/26/beam-and-dragon-work-dna-studies-before-station-lifts-orbit/

BEAM and Dragon Work, DNA Studies Before Station Lifts Orbit

Mark Garcia
Posted Dec 26, 2019 at 2:58 pm

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Koch ... moved on to loading cargo inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft due to return to Earth on January 5. Flight Engineer Jessica Meir started the packing work today as the crew readies research results for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean aboard Dragon.
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Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) is also gathering hardware for return to Earth inside Dragon. He is packing the obsolete power and electronics gear retrieved during a series of spacewalks earlier this year. Engineers on the ground will analyze how years of exposure to the harsh space environment impacted the devices that powered multiple station systems.
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/12/30/crew-packing-dragon-cargo-craft-and-researching-flames-in-space/

Crew Packing Dragon Cargo Craft and Researching Flames in Space

Mark Garcia
Posted Dec 30, 2019 at 2:00 pm

A U.S. cargo craft is getting ready to depart the International Space Station early next week loaded with research results and degraded hardware for analysis on Earth. ...

The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship is being configured for its departure on Jan. 5 after a month attached to the Harmony module. Dragon will be released from the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm on Sunday at 9:41 p.m. EST and splashdown in the Pacific off the coast California a few hours later.

NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan is leading the packing activities today with assistance from fellow NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch. The trio will be preserving and loading finalized experiment results inside Dragon. Obsolete hardware exposed to the harshness of space will also be returned to Earth for engineering inspections.
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Трансляция отстыковки Дракона от МКС

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html

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January 5, Sunday
9:15 p.m. – Coverage of the release of the SpaceX/Dragon cargo craft from the International Space Station; release scheduled at 9:41 p.m. EST (All Channels)

Начало трансляции 6 января 2020 г. в 02:15 UTC / 05:15 ДМВ
Отстыковка запланирована на 6 января 2020 г. в 02:41 UTC / 05:41 ДМВ

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2019/12/30/iss-daily-summary-report-12302019/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/30/2019

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SpX-19 Cargo Operations:
In preparation for the SpX-19 unberth and return to the ground, the ISS crew took the opportunity to work on Cargo transfer operations. The ISS crew, working off a Cargo Transfer list, packed and transferred a variety cargo items on the Dragon vehicle. SpX-19 is scheduled to depart ISS on Monday, January 6.

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-us-cargo-ship-departure-from-space-station-0

Dec. 31, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY M19-144

NASA TV to Air US Cargo Ship Departure from Space Station


A SpaceX Dragon resupply ship approaches the International Space Station on Dec. 8, 2019, as both spacecraft orbit 261 miles above Kazakhstan.
Credits: NASA

Filled with almost 3,600 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, a SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station Sunday, Jan. 5. NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast its departure live beginning at 9:15 p.m. EST.

Robotic flight controllers at mission control in Houston will issue remote commands at 9:41 p.m. to release Dragon using the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. Expedition 61 Station Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) will back up the ground controllers and monitor Dragon's systems as it departs the orbital laboratory.

Dragon will fire its thrusters to move a safe distance from the station, then execute a deorbit burn as it heads for a parachute-assisted splashdown around 3:04 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Long Beach, California. The splashdown will not air on NASA TV.

A key component returning aboard Dragon is a faulty battery charge-discharge unit (BCDU), which failed to activate following the Oct. 11 installation of new lithium-ion batteries on the space station's truss. Expedition 61 flight engineers Christina Koch and Jessica Meir of NASA removed and replaced the BCDU was during a spacewalk Oct. 18. The unit will be returned to teams on Earth for evaluation and repair.

Dragon launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Dec. 5 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and arrived at the space station two days later.

Some of the scientific investigations Dragon will return to Earth include:

Tiny Radiation Resistors

Rotifer-B1 examines the effects of spaceflight on tiny aquatic animals, called rotifers, which are found in freshwater ecosystems and soil and are highly resistant to radiation on Earth. The investigation specifically looks at the metabolism and genome of the rotifer Adineta vaga to determine whether they have similar adaptation mechanisms in microgravity.

Mice in Space

Rodent Research-19 examines myostatin and activin, molecular signaling pathways that influence muscle degradation, as possible targets for preventing muscle and bone loss during spaceflight and enhancing recovery following return to Earth. This study also could support the development of therapies for a wide range of conditions that cause muscle and bone loss on Earth.

Finding the Perfect Solution

On Earth, our bodies deal with low-level radiation through a naturally occurring protein that helps our body safely process it. The Growth of Large, Perfect Protein Crystals for Neutron Crystallography (Perfect Crystals) study, aims to help scientists find a way to deal with the problem of radiation during long-duration spaceflight missions using the same protein that is already at work in our bodies.

Convection and Crystallization in Microgravity

The Polymer Convection study examines the effects of gravity on formation and crystallization of Broadband Angular Selective Material (BASM), an optical material with the ability to control the reflection and absorption of light. BASM has applications in polymer packaging, optical films, solar power and electronic displays.

These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations providing opportunities for U.S. government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions to conduct microgravity research that leads to new technologies, medical treatments and products that improve life on Earth. Conducting science aboard the orbiting laboratory will help us learn how to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars.

For almost 20 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration into deep space. As a global endeavor, more than 230 people from 18 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 2,500 research investigations from researchers in 106 countries.

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Last Updated: Dec. 31, 2019
Editor: Karen Northon

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2019/12/31/iss-daily-summary-report-12312019/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/31/2019
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Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (SLAMMD):
Today, the crew took mass measurements of cargo bags that are being returned on the SpX-19 Dragon vehicle. The measurements were taken using the SLAMMD which was originally designed to provide an accurate means of determining the on-orbit mass of humans between the 5th percentile Japanese female and the 95th percentile American male. Engineering teams are investigating the feasibility of using the SLAMMD unit to measure the mass of cargo bags to ensure accurate center of gravity calculations for visiting spacecraft prior to their departure. The on-orbit measurements will be compared to ground measurements after landing.