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America's First Crewed Space Launch in Nearly a Decade Set for May 27
"Next month, NASA will launch its first astronaut mission from U.S. soil in almost
a decade. This mission marks the final test for SpaceX before NASA begins regularly ferrying astronauts into orbit using the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. “BREAKING: On May 27, @NASA will once again launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil!” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted Friday." See: https://gizmodo.com/americas-first-m...e-s-1842929142 |
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America's First Crewed Space Launch in Nearly a Decade Set forMay 27
On Apr/18/2020 at 05:42, JF Mezei wrote :
From the NASA web site: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/dm2/ ## Although the Crew Dragon being used for this flight test can stay in orbit about 110 days, the specific mission duration will be determined once on station based on the readiness of the next commercial crew launch. The operational Crew Dragon spacecraft will be capable of staying in orbit for at least 210 days as a NASA requirement. ## Why would this Dragon vehicle have an on-orbit lifetime that is half of the mandated one? Is there anything physically different on this one compared to "production" models? If they aren't sure of the 210 duration, why 110? Did SpeceX only have time to put a test unit in a fridge/stove combo for 110 days to validate it will function after and they have had another one being tested since then and should have 210 day of test sometime during this trip? I don't know, but I suspect it is a matter of having less consumables on board. If you expect some leak rate of your internal atmosphere and bring enough tanks to replenish the atmosphere for 210 days, you can stay 210 days. If you bring only half the tanks... Alain Fournier |
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America's First Crewed Space Launch in Nearly a Decade Set for May 27
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says... From the NASA web site: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/dm2/ ## Although the Crew Dragon being used for this flight test can stay in orbit about 110 days, the specific mission duration will be determined once on station based on the readiness of the next commercial crew launch. The operational Crew Dragon spacecraft will be capable of staying in orbit for at least 210 days as a NASA requirement. ## Why would this Dragon vehicle have an on-orbit lifetime that is half of the mandated one? Is there anything physically different on this one compared to "production" models? If they aren't sure of the 210 duration, why 110? Did SpeceX only have time to put a test unit in a fridge/stove combo for 110 days to validate it will function after and they have had another one being tested since then and should have 210 day of test sometime during this trip? Good question. Obviously either something is different about this test Dragon 2 or NASA is still certifying something that is on this Dragon 2 for the full 210 days. As the 2 persons will become part of Expedition 63 and perform experiments on ISS, I am curoius on why they might be called back before the experiments they have trained for could be completed. Would reading between the line point to "the come back home after 110 days or when Boeing's Starliner launches, whichever comes first? Again, good question. As I recall, Dragon2 docks on PMA2. Does Starliner also go there? or are they outfitting the station with an additional docking port to allow for seamless crew exchange without leaving station empty? There are two International Docking Adapters (on one of each of the PMAs on ISS) that the commercial crew vehicles can dock to. During the shuttle program, NASA wanted to have a primary and backup docking ports, so there have been two PMAs with docking ports on them for quite some time. But those ports were APAS-95, so the International Docking Adapters were launched on Dragon capsules and attached to the APAS-95 ports. They present an International Docking System port for visiting spacecraft (e.g. Dragon 2, Starliner, and etc.). Fpr the purposes of this mission, I assume that the existing crew will continue to rely on a Soyuz as escape pod? Or does the Dragon2 for this flight come equipped with seats/suits for the full US side of the station as escape pod? As far as I know, yes. The existing crew will rely on Soyuz as their emergency crew return vehicle. I don't think this will change, going forward. Jeff -- All opinions posted by me on Usenet News are mine, and mine alone. These posts do not reflect the opinions of my family, friends, employer, or any organization that I am a member of. |
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