Tag: Crewed Dragon
SpaceX completes Crewed Dragon mission
This morning the first Crewed Dragon mission came to an end with a successful splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft which was launched last Saturday spent five days docked to the International Space Station during which time the crew spent time unloading and loading cargo and performing tests and inspections. The hatches between the…
Hatches Open on Crew Dragon
In another critical milestone the hatches between the International Space Station and Crewed Dragon were opened at 8:07 am EST today. We were also treated to amazing views from inside the Dragon vehicle as the hatches were opened, the first time for a capsule docked to the station. Over the next few days the crew…
Crewed Dragon successfully Docks to ISS
Following a 27 hour journey to the International Space Station to crewed Dragon spacecraft has successfully docked to the International Docking Adapter on the station. During the docking, a number of tests were performed to ensure the system was working as needed and once those were complete the vehicle completed the automated docking at 6:03…
SpaceX Launches Crewed Dragon
At 2:49 am EST today SpaceX launched the first of their Crewed Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. As this was the first launch of the spacecraft there were no crew members onboard however the vehicle is heavily instrumented and does carry a dummy called Ripley which will allow SpaceX and…
Week in Space 12/31-1/5
As we start 2019 we are launching a new weekly summary of the activities that happened or relate to space. New Horizons flies by Ultima Thule On New Years eve the New Horizons spacecraft flew past the asteroid 2014-MU69 which is being referred to as Ultima Thule. The asteroid which is 4+ billion miles away…
SpaceX vs NASA progress since 2010
In 2010 Senator Richard Shelby made the following statement “This request represents nothing more than a commercially-led, faith-based space program. Today, the commercial providers that NASA has contracted with cannot even carry the trash back from the space station much less carry humans to or from space safely. “These providers have yet to live up…