The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.

[CrimsonSunrise]

I am very excited for this. I was also looking forward to catching the live stream but it looks like I might have to work late 

Yeah, I'm at work and have a virtual meeting 3 mins before launch.  Hopefully I'll be able to have a live screen up to catch it

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Very very excited for this! 

Have to say their space suits still look so weird though  I guess it's because they're diffrent to what you're usually seeing.

[Elite]

I'm watching the live stream with the sound turned down. Don't really know why, but suddenly this seems like a pretty big deal.

[Evermind]

Timing works for me so I'm tuning in right now too! My best friends is very interested in the whole space thing and he sent me like 20 messages about this today, so I guess I'm going to watch

[Lonk]

Well that's disappointing but hope it works for next scheduled time.

[Dublagent66]

Well, I am at least glad they made the right decision to postpone the launch.  Lessons learned from 34 years ago.  That was a horrible and tragic day in 1986.

[Fiery Winds]

Just under an hour left to go! Hoping the weather cooperates today. Can't believe it's been almost a decade since the last shuttle.

https://youtu.be/pMsvr55cTZ0 (NASA livestream)

[MinistroRaven]

Waiting for SpaceX Dragon launch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg

T: -50 minutes

[Lonk]

Looking good for today

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Yea it seems it's a go, looking forward to this!

[v_clortho]

Wait. So the astronauts are Bob and Doug? If they don't tell them to "take off" I'll be very disappointed.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Looks good so far. Would be so cool if they nail the booster landing also! 

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Nailed it! 

[faizoff]

It is so amazing to see the live view from inside the dragon capsule. Amazing stuff!

[Northern Lion]

This was so incredibly awesome to watch! My whole family sat in the living room to watch the launch.  Go SpaceX and Go NASA!  And they landed the Falcon rocket!

[Lonk]

Truly amazing! Glad everything went as planned

[v_clortho]

That was a little nerve wracking. Thank God it went as planned. Needed some positivity!

[MirrorMask]

Saw it live as well!  go science!

[Lonk]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgY4NKoT9SQ

Cool video showing the inside of the capsule.

[Chino]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgY4NKoT9SQ

Cool video showing the inside of the capsule.

That was really cool. It looks like SpaceX made that capsule look exactly like a commercial plane from the inside. It might even have a little more leg room 

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

It seems like they're about to board ISS. 

[Fiery Winds]

So glad they made it there safely, hoping the Dragon performs just as flawlessly on its return. 

Here's a cool docking simulator using the same touch screen controls they would have used had the automated system not been used: https://iss-sim.spacex.com/

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

The SpaceX team at Boca Chica is removing a splinter that penatrated a building on the test site from the recent explosion. I don't know, I found it to be kinda funny how the workers are like "just another day at work".

https://youtu.be/B60oNzlS_ro?t=226

[Chino]

Pretty cool vid: https://old.reddit.com/r/elonmusk/comments/gyzy0o/elon_musk_spacex_gangstas_paradise/

[faizoff]

Pretty cool vid: https://old.reddit.com/r/elonmusk/comments/gyzy0o/elon_musk_spacex_gangstas_paradise/

That was very cool! on a side note, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who uses the old.reddit url. Don't like the new layout at all.

[ReaperKK]

I tried new reddit once, never again.

[cramx3]

Ew old layout was the reason I could never care for reddit, now I love it

[Chino]

Ew old layout was the reason I could never care for reddit, now I love it

I'd never use Reddit outside of Reddit Is Fun on Android if they switch permanently to the new layout

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Cool video footage of the payload fairings from the recent starlink launch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKWio4zHShM

Breakdown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk8Ay3QmF6s

The way they deploy the satellites is kinda beautiful.

[Chino]

I absolutely love that first video. I've never seen anything like it, in real life or in Hollywood. Beautiful.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Yea it's really something else. I actually didn't know that SpaceX in 2017 was the first in history to retrive an intact fairing.

[Chino]

Oh yeah! Check out what they're doing with "Ms. Tree" (formerly Mr. Steven). It's freaking wild. The fairings cost $5M or $6M for the pair, almost 10% the cost of a Falcon 9. Recovering them is going to really add up once they nail it.

[Lonk]

Has anyone been able to catch comet NEOWISE? I've been trying and every time I get low clouds in the horizon blocking the view. Yesterday was supposed to be clear and 1 hour before sunset, a band of clouds came in and stayed until 11pm, when it got really cloudy.

Also, today is the anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch.

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

[Chino]

Someone posted this on r/connecticut yesterday. Pretty cool shot! I've had no luck with seeing it.

[El Barto]

Someone posted this on r/connecticut yesterday. Pretty cool shot! I've had no luck with seeing it.

A friend and I are making a point to get some decent pictures of it. A point of getting away from the Dallas haze, mostly.