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Dragon on final approach to ISS

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:31 am
by JazHaz
I'm watching live on NASA TV.

Spaceflight Now Mission Status Center

HD Stream on uStream.tv

EDIT: I'm having trouble viewing the HD Stream today, so watching the lower res Spaceflight Now stream.

Re: Dragon on final approach to ISS

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:24 am
by JazHaz
04:22 CT. Dragon arrived at final hold point, received GO for capture.

Re: Dragon on final approach to ISS

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:31 am
by JazHaz
04:31 CT. Contact and capture by the Canadarm robotic arm.

Re: Dragon on final approach to ISS

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:37 am
by JazHaz
Next, control of the robotic arm passes to Houston ground controllers to perform the manoeuvre of the Dragon to berth it to the Earth-facing docking port on the Harmony module.

Re: Dragon on final approach to ISS

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:35 pm
by Rorschachhamster
Orbital nighttime, right now. :D
Thanks for the reminder.
Have Nasa tv sometimes on while playing Oolite on the other monitor... :wink:

Re: Dragon on final approach to ISS

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:40 pm
by Diziet Sma
Thanks for the heads-up, btw, JazHaz.. unlike the first time, I remembered to take a series of screen-grabs on the approach and capture.. standing by on the final docking now.. :D 8)

Re: Dragon on final approach to ISS

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 2:03 pm
by Diziet Sma
And they're done! 8)

Whilst the final stages were not quite as thrilling as watching paint dry, interesting nonetheless..

Re: Dragon on final approach to ISS

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 2:05 pm
by Cody
Yep... it was actually good to see those post-launch problems being solved, and a successful docking accomplished.