Crew Dragon has successfully reached orbit and the Falcon 9 first stage stuck its landing (again). In about 1 day, the Ripley and the Crew Dragon capsule will dock with the ISS in a way that's never been done before. Instead of being captured by the ISS's docking arm, it will fly in autonomously and dock to the station. The entire flight has been flawless thus far.
Five days after docking is achieved, Crew Dragon will depart ISS and, hopefully, achieve a picture perfect ocean landing. If all the telemetry from the flight and mission comes back solid, after a late spring high altitude abort test, this fall or winter we could see the first Americans flying to space from American soil since the final space shuttle mission STS-135 in July 2011.
Not sure the best way to link this because it was the live stream and I can't link it to a specific time, but you can skip ahead to T-1:00 at the -1:19:54 mark of the video below.
The effort required to leave Earth's gravity is extraordinary.
Five days after docking is achieved, Crew Dragon will depart ISS and, hopefully, achieve a picture perfect ocean landing. If all the telemetry from the flight and mission comes back solid, after a late spring high altitude abort test, this fall or winter we could see the first Americans flying to space from American soil since the final space shuttle mission STS-135 in July 2011.
Not sure the best way to link this because it was the live stream and I can't link it to a specific time, but you can skip ahead to T-1:00 at the -1:19:54 mark of the video below.
The effort required to leave Earth's gravity is extraordinary.
