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International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 10:52 pm
by Whiskey 7
On May 29 1999 - Space shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station just one of 34 missions flown during construction of the ISS.
November 2, 2000 saw the first crew reside onboard the station staying several months and they were Astronaut Bill Shepherd, Cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev.
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 11:40 pm
by Transient
Now it looks like they may be opening the place up for tourism. Not sure how I feel about that, but if it pays the bills to keep the thing up there, I'm game.
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 12:11 pm
by Don Carlos
Lets see how the Space X launch goes today, shall we?
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 1:28 pm
by YourGrandpa
I wonder how much that little trip would cost. :shrug:
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 1:43 pm
by seremtan
after the explosion on Friday this had better be a successful flight
2020 has been enough of a shitshow already
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 2:21 pm
by Eraser
Well, as they say at SpaceX: Fail fast.
The explosion is unfortunate, but not critical.
The next (SN5) prototype is almost ready.
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 7:08 pm
by seremtan
looks like we're green across the board boys :dts:
13 minutes to orbit; 19 hours to the ISS
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 7:13 pm
by seremtan
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 7:50 pm
by xer0s
They did it!
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 8:07 pm
by Eraser
Pretty impressive. History in the making right there
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 9:06 pm
by Don Carlos
Nicely done...the way the rocket just fucks off impresses me mind
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 9:11 pm
by Whiskey 7
seremtan wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIZsnKGV8TE
Awesome
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 9:26 pm
by xer0s
Don Carlos wrote:Nicely done...the way the rocket just fucks off impresses me mind
The coolest thing is is probably the first stage rocket of Falcon 9 successfully landing on the drone ship out in the ocean...
Re: International Space Station 21st anniversary
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 9:37 pm
by Transient
Don Carlos wrote:Nicely done...the way the rocket just fucks off impresses me mind
Yeah, and seeing those boosters land back on Earth is still a surreal sight. It's like watching something out of a sci-fi movie. We're living in the future, man!
