Looks like Americans will be going back into space on an American spacecraft soon!!!

Surprised how nervous I was for a fully successful test today. That was awesome. Excited to see the slow-mo high res videos of the RSD that will be getting uploaded soon!


More importantly, apparently Bridenstine said that DM-2 could be launching as early as March. Be awesome to finally have human space flight capabilities back home!

One of the few times I don't mind seeing a rocket blow up mid-flight. *grin*

Well done, SpaceX. :clap:

Same here. My heart was pumping waiting for the fireball!

The entire test seems to have gone great too. Was cheering for every event like it was a first down pass to Kelce. :)

Tim and crew doing replay from their telescope while we wait for NASA/SpaceX conference. Beautiful video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrPq8vC7C4E

Press conference live with both Musk and Bridenstine (plus astronauts).

Just watched the YT video, that was very impressive!

On a phone, so can't embed.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/12...150858241?s=19

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Crew Dragon separating from Falcon 9 during today’s test, which verified the spacecraft’s ability to carry astronauts to safety in the unlikely event of an emergency on ascent <a href="https://t.co/rxUDPFD0v5">pic.twitter.com/rxUDPFD0v5</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1218976479150858241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Bless this Nation.

Another Starlink launch is up in ~30 minutes, though weather is very iffy.

So much for that. Scrubbed for weather.

Launch in 3 minutes.