SpaceX Launch of Six Astronauts to the ISS is Scrubbed (cnn.com) 45
SpaceX is livestreaming coverage of its latest launch tonight. SpaceX and NASA were "preparing to launch a fresh crew to the International Space Station," reports CNN, "continuing the public-private effort to keep the orbiting laboratory fully staffed and return astronaut launches to U.S. soil
For this mission a reusable Falcon 9 rocket will eventually propel a Crew Dragon capsule into space — carrying six astronauts "from all over the world — two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates... to take over operations from the SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts who arrived at the space station in October 2022." They're expected to spend up to six months on board the orbiting laboratory, carrying out science experiments and maintaining the two-decade-old station.... During their stint in space, the Crew-6 astronauts will oversee more than 200 science-oriented projects, including researching how some substances burn in the microgravity environment and investigating microbial samples that will be collected from the exterior of the ISS.
They will play host to two other key missions that will stop by the ISS during their stay. The first is the Boeing Crew Flight Test, which will mark the first astronaut mission under a Boeing-NASA partnership. Slated for April, the flight will carry NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the space station, marking the last phase of a testing and demonstration program Boeing needs to carry out to certify its Starliner spacecraft for routine astronaut missions.
Then, in May, a group of four astronauts will arrive on a mission called AX-2 — a privately funded tourism mission to the space station. That mission, which will be carried out by a separate SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, will include former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, now a private astronaut with the Texas-based space tourism company Axiom, which brokered and organized the mission. It will also include three paying customers, similar to the AX-1 mission that visited the ISS last year.
"It's another paradigm shift," mission commander Stephen Bowen said in January. "Those two events — huge events — in spaceflight happening during our increment, on top of all the other work we get to do, I don't think we're going to fully be able to absorb it until after the fact."
Roughly 25 hours after the launch the crew capsule willdock with the space station. This will be SpaceX's seventh astronaut-carrying flight for NASA since 2020.
For this mission a reusable Falcon 9 rocket will eventually propel a Crew Dragon capsule into space — carrying six astronauts "from all over the world — two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates... to take over operations from the SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts who arrived at the space station in October 2022." They're expected to spend up to six months on board the orbiting laboratory, carrying out science experiments and maintaining the two-decade-old station.... During their stint in space, the Crew-6 astronauts will oversee more than 200 science-oriented projects, including researching how some substances burn in the microgravity environment and investigating microbial samples that will be collected from the exterior of the ISS.
They will play host to two other key missions that will stop by the ISS during their stay. The first is the Boeing Crew Flight Test, which will mark the first astronaut mission under a Boeing-NASA partnership. Slated for April, the flight will carry NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the space station, marking the last phase of a testing and demonstration program Boeing needs to carry out to certify its Starliner spacecraft for routine astronaut missions.
Then, in May, a group of four astronauts will arrive on a mission called AX-2 — a privately funded tourism mission to the space station. That mission, which will be carried out by a separate SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, will include former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, now a private astronaut with the Texas-based space tourism company Axiom, which brokered and organized the mission. It will also include three paying customers, similar to the AX-1 mission that visited the ISS last year.
"It's another paradigm shift," mission commander Stephen Bowen said in January. "Those two events — huge events — in spaceflight happening during our increment, on top of all the other work we get to do, I don't think we're going to fully be able to absorb it until after the fact."
Roughly 25 hours after the launch the crew capsule willdock with the space station. This will be SpaceX's seventh astronaut-carrying flight for NASA since 2020.
Scrub (Score:5, Informative)
An anomaly was detected with the system used to start the nine Merlin engines and the launch was scrubbed.
Re:Scrub (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, I went there and almost had a heart attack. The rocket was still on the pad!
It was almost as if slashdot posted a link to a live launch before the launch happened.
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Well, that's all leftists, isn't it? They loved Musk when their mind overlords told him he was ok because EV = Woke. Then they hated him when they were told to.
99% of all commie-shitposts on the internet say "Sent from my iPhone" below.
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Light fuse. Get away. Let's not make this.... oh... nevermind.
What? (Score:5, Insightful)
There seems to be a rather large disconnect between the headline and the (not too clear) story.
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You must be new here.
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Well, no (see my ID), but this effect seems to have reached a whole new level.
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Maybe scrubbed means they cleaned it before launch? /
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Editors understood the assignment.
Re:What? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:What? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:SIX Astronauts? (Score:5, Funny)
You forgot to name the other two invisible astronauts.
The other two identify as luggage.
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Re:SIX Astronauts? (Score:5, Funny)
There are FOUR ASTRONAUTS!!! [imgflip.com]
Re:SIX Astronauts? (Score:4, Funny)
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Fore-astronauts in the front seat, and two in the back.
It's "Crew 6", not 6 crew. (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:It's "Crew 6", not 6 crew. (Score:4, Funny)
ChatGPT needed more clarification.
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Well, if they're putting the crew capacity as "4 American astronauts," that's about equivalent in mass to 6 metric astronauts.
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wait, it gets better. at the end of the abstract:
This will be SpaceX's seventh astronaut-carrying flight for NASA since 2020.
tough day at the office today!
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That is correct. The first mission to carry humans for NASA wasn't a production mission, and so it was called Demo-2 (after Demo-1, which did everything but without people onboard). After that, Crew 1 through 6. So it's the 7th mission *for NASA*. In addition, they also flew Axiom 1 and Inspiration 4.
So, 1 manned demo mission, 6 missions for NASA in the main contract, "Crew" series, 1 for Axiom, 1 private, for a grand total of 9 missions with crew onboard so far.
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Yeah, crew mission numbers are zero-indexed. ;)
What does "scrubbed" mean? (Score:3)
Re:What does "scrubbed" mean? (Score:4, Informative)
In the version of English I speak, "scrubbed" means "cancelled". Presumably that is not the intended meaning here?
Scrubbed means the launch is cancelled, and the mission will be rescheduled for another day. So propellant emptied and crew removed. Not just a pause on the countdown.
To be "cancelled" would imply the mission will never happen.
"It's another paradigm shift," mission commander (Score:2)
"It's another paradigm shift," mission commander Stephen Bowen said
Oh look! They're choosing their crew from the marketing department, now. I presume that's because they're readily expendable, which does not bode well for their prospects.
Headline is totally buggered. (Score:1)
It's a quantum rocket (Score:2)