Now please Elon, no public tweeting or conversation about taking SpaceX private.

SpaceX appears to really have their act together and are accomplishing great things.

They forgot to install the most important feature...

Latest schedule for Crew Dragon Demo on NASA TV
(times EST)
3:30am – Rendezvous & docking
8:30am – Hatch opening
10:45am – Station crew welcoming ceremony

The icing on the cake would have been if they named the surrogate Major Tom and were playing some David Bowie as it lifted off

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Originally posted by mbinky:
The icing on the cake would have been if they named the surrogate Major Tom and were playing some David Bowie as it lifted off

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I can see that for the inflight abort test combine next, lol.

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Originally posted by mrbill345:
Latest schedule for Crew Dragon Demo on NASA TV
(times EST)
3:30am – Rendezvous & docking
8:30am – Hatch opening
10:45am – Station crew welcoming ceremony

Where did you see this schedule? The last update I saw said the docking will be shortly before 6 am EST.

I see this:

https://spacepolicyonline.com/...-mar-8-2019-nasa-tv/

Sunday, March 3

3:30 a.m. – Rendezvous and docking coverage
8:45 a.m. – Hatch opening coverage
10:30 a.m. – Station crew welcoming ceremony

watching the docking live HD - the Dragon views approaching the station are pretty awesome

right now holding at 19.83 meters doing a quick test

approved for docking - watching the thrusters firing in the dark is neat

Hard dock and crew entry, all is well!

On approached to docking. It's been too long since the US has been able to so this itself.

I wonder if they're going to redesign the foot rests for easier stowing?

The red and green lights are interesting. What would the rules of the road in space be?

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Originally posted by Orguss:
I wonder if they're going to redesign the foot rests for easier stowing?

Not sure if that was a design issue or lack familiarity / instructions issue by the station crew.

Since the vehicle as designed for CCP won't be doing extended free flight like Apollo, I don't know if they'll redesign it or not. I'm sure it will depend if that would delay DM-2 or not.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
The red and green lights are interesting. What would the rules of the road in space be?

Red right returning? Lol.

The law of kinetic energy vs the law of gross tonnage?

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Originally posted by deepocean:
Where did you see this schedule? The last update I saw said the docking will be shortly before 6 am EST.

I see this:

https://spacepolicyonline.com/...-mar-8-2019-nasa-tv/

Sunday, March 3

3:30 a.m. – Rendezvous and docking coverage
8:45 a.m. – Hatch opening coverage
10:30 a.m. – Station crew welcoming ceremony

My apologies. I got an email notification & just saw the times.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
The red and green lights are interesting. What would the rules of the road in space be?

Ships under sail have the right of way.

Although, we all know the real rule is, the ship with the biggest gun, does what it wants.

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Originally posted by mrbill345:

My apologies. I got an email notification & just saw the times.

No need for an apology. I had trouble last night nailing down the time. It took me a half hour to find what I did, and I was not sure it was accurate. I was trying to make sure I got my kids up at the right time.

I think they shuttle should be docking in about 2 hours. Trying to watch it live on the youtube but its late and I'm old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL1LuAqZjwQ

Dude, WTF...This thread is SIX YEARS OLD!

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
Dude, WTF...This thread is SIX YEARS OLD!

Didn't want to start my own thread about dragon docking so here we are. Anyway, its docked and hard capture should be in progress soon.