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Donger 12-06-2020 10:05 AM

Interesting. No Dracos.

Donger 12-06-2020 10:16 AM

Water tower sprung a leak?

LMAO

GloryDayz 12-06-2020 10:23 AM

The second stage has a gas vent that I don't remember seeing in the one view.

unlurking 12-06-2020 06:23 PM

In Japanese, but hopefully CC gets added soon. Very cool tour of ISS by Soichi...

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_-iJDELz8XI" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Donger 12-07-2020 12:01 PM

FWIW, maybe tomorrow for SN8's flight:

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-sta...slips-tuesday/

DaFace 12-07-2020 12:42 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CONTACT AND CAPTURE! CRS-21 Dragon has arrived at the ISS. <br><br>The first Dragon 2 Cargo vehicle, parked next to Crew Dragon Resilience. The first time two Dragons have been at the ISS at the same time.<br><br>Article: <a href="https://t.co/KsVaMgnV0L">https://t.co/KsVaMgnV0L</a><br><br>Play by Play:<a href="https://t.co/2660SEyNiQ">https://t.co/2660SEyNiQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/E0LhFJokP4">pic.twitter.com/E0LhFJokP4</a></p>&mdash; Chris B - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1336018115830878209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

DaFace 12-07-2020 02:55 PM

First time for an official tweet about the 15km hop.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First attempt of Starship SN8’s high-altitude flight test as early as tomorrow → <a href="https://t.co/EewhmWmFVP">https://t.co/EewhmWmFVP</a> <a href="https://t.co/twxwPA6jkO">https://t.co/twxwPA6jkO</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1336045549833732097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

unlurking 12-07-2020 05:00 PM

It's actually down to 12.5KM.

Donger 12-07-2020 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 15379527)
First time for an official tweet about the 15km hop.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First attempt of Starship SN8’s high-altitude flight test as early as tomorrow → <a href="https://t.co/EewhmWmFVP">https://t.co/EewhmWmFVP</a> <a href="https://t.co/twxwPA6jkO">https://t.co/twxwPA6jkO</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1336045549833732097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh, it looks like they are going to stream it and it goes live tomorrow at 5:00am CST.

unlurking 12-07-2020 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 15379953)
Oh, it looks like they are going to stream it and it goes live tomorrow at 5:00am CST.

Showing 5AM MT for me. Will have to watch and see!

Donger 12-07-2020 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unlurking (Post 15379993)
Showing 5AM MT for me. Will have to watch and see!

You're right. Shows 7:00am EST

DaFace 12-07-2020 05:27 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Road closure is from 8:00 a.m Central [14:00 UTC] until 5:00 p.m. Central [23:00 UTC]. So launch wouldn&#39;t happen until 9:00 a.m. at the earliest, more likely 10:00 a.m., but nothing has ever happened before noon on Starship.</p>— Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) <a href="https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1336084946159538179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

DaFace 12-07-2020 08:53 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Probably 1/3 chance of completing all mission objectives</p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1336141388379873282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Donger 12-08-2020 09:17 AM

Stream looks like it will go live in 42:00

DaFace 12-08-2020 11:05 AM

Not as exciting as Starship, perhaps, but it looks like ULA is giving the Delta IV Heavy launch another go on Thursday. (This is the one that had two pad aborts back in like September.)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The launch of a ULA <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DeltaIVHeavy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DeltaIVHeavy</a> carrying the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NROL44?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NROL44</a> mission for the <a href="https://twitter.com/NatReconOfc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NatReconOfc</a> is targeted for Thurs., Dec. 10, pending range availability. The launch period is 5:50-10:30 p.m. EST.</p>&mdash; ULA (@ulalaunch) <a href="https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1334907794550624256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


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