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Dragon Heads For ISS Arrival

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
May 25, 2012
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SpaceX Dragon Scehdule for Friday
“Around 2:00 AM Pacific/5:00 AM Eastern NASA will decide if Dragon is GO to move into the approach ellipsoid 1.4 kilometers around the space station. If Dragon is GO, after approximately one hour Dragon will move to a location 250 meters directly below the station. Dragon will then perform a series of maneuvers to show systems are operating as expected. If NASA is satisfied with the results of these many tests, Dragon will be allowed to perform the final approach to the space station. Sometime around 6:00 AM Pacific/9:00 AM Eastern, astronauts on the space station will grapple Dragon with the space station’s robotic arm and the spacecraft will attach to the station.”
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Follow progress via @NASAWatch : Dragon is now within 100 m of ISS . Projected Capture time is 9:10 am ED . ISS crew now has abort authority if anything does wrong

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7 responses to “Dragon Heads For ISS Arrival”

  1. richard schumacher says:
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    Somebody, go out and put a piece of duct tape on Kibo :_>

  2. richard schumacher says:
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    Abracadabra!  I’m gonna reach out and grab ya!

  3. DTARS says:
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    Been waiting for Keith to post this subject for a couple years lol

    Joe Q

  4. SkyKing_rocketmail says:
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    Capture!!! Magnificent!!
    $750 million for a nearly human ready orbital spacecraft.
    Spend another $750 million and in 10 years we should have a lunar lander heading out.
    We’re in business!
    This we can afford.
    NASA and its contractors, maybe $150 billion and 30 years. Thanks NASA for showing us how not to do it.

    • John Thomas says:
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      They still need a LAS and Musk has stated the crewed spacecraft is 3 years away.

      They still need to re-enter and recover the spacecraft, but it looks like most of the hard stuff is done.

      Great job by SpaceX!

  5. James Lundblad says:
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    Capture!