SpaceX to face one last test

[Jamie McKane]

SpaceX to face one last test

Elon Musk’s rocket company has one last, major hurdle to clear before it attempts an historic first flight of astronauts for NASA: proving it can safely abort a mission if something goes wrong after takeoff.

A Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon spacecraft is slated to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8 a.m. local time on Saturday.

[Bloomberg]

 

[R4ziel]

Definitely going to watch this, after this I think things will progress quickly assuming no humans die in the early stages of manned flight on these ships

 

[EL'Diablo]

where can we watch this??????????????

 

[R4ziel]

where can we watch this??????????????

Probably the same place you can watch all of SpaceX's launches, on the SpaceX youtube channel

 

[Sinbad]

Live coverage: SpaceX successfully performs Crew Dragon abort test – Spaceflight Now

 

[Kosmik]

Definitely going to watch this, after this I think things will progress quickly assuming no humans die in the early stages of manned flight on these ships

With the success of the Falcon 9, especially the reflies and even insistence by some customers that SpaceX use a proven rocket, there really shouldn't be any casualties. I'm not sure but I reckon their safety record is close or exceeds Nasa's and the spacex launch tempo allows them to iron out flaws more quickly.

 

[R4ziel]

With the success of the Falcon 9, especially the reflies and even insistence by some customers that SpaceX use a proven rocket, there really shouldn't be any casualties. I'm not sure but I reckon their safety record is close or exceeds Nasa's and the spacex launch tempo allows them to iron out flaws more quickly.

Yeah I'm sure there won't be any issues, but looking at history, any accidents or failures that cause human casualties will hamper progress pretty significantly

 

[EL'Diablo]

Probably the same place you can watch all of SpaceX's launches, on the SpaceX youtube channel

Live?

 

[R4ziel]

Live?

That is where I watch all their live streamed content yes, I assume they will stream it the same as always

 

[Kosmik]

Live?

If you haven't watched one yet, you're missing out.

 

[SpiderGear]

So tomorrow afternoon at 15:00 our time then?

 

[R4ziel]

So tomorrow afternoon at 15:00 our time then?

Indeed, the stream goes live at 14:45 our time, which is normally when they talk about the technical details which is something I like quite a bit

 

[system32]

UPDATE: Due to weather, move to Sunday 19th
SpaceX Official Webast Live from 15:00pm SAST on 18 Jan 2020 - weather permitting

There are other webcasts, Spaceflight Now (NASA Official), Everyday Astronaut, spaceXcentric, etc, some starting earlier.

 

[MidnightWizard]

Live video operating now on You Tube channel
Looks like launch at 15h30 local time ?

 

[saor]

Launch in 6 mins.

 

[saor]

The way those 4 main parachutes opened slowly was cool.

 

[orin76]

SpaceX makes it look so easy, it's almost boring...almost.

 

[SpiderGear]

Wow! That was cool! Well done!

 

[MidnightWizard]

Now all they need to do is find a way to save the main launch vehicle after the capsule is detached during an abort
Wonder how much this launch and loss of launcher cost ?

Would like to see how this will be done in a normal launch ( NO abort )

 

[wingnut771]

couldn't they just pretend to blow it up?