August 1, 20205 yr Administrators Nasa TV now showing live from the ISS and the Dragon Capsule! Charlie Aron AVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-Registrar Awaiting the new Microsoft Flight Sim and the purchase of a new system. Running a Chromebook for now!
August 2, 20205 yr Moderator Been watching it. Looks like a hohum mission. Gotta love the technology and some of the terminology - love approach ellipsoid. 🙂 RIG#1 - 7700K 5.0g ROG X270F 3600 15-15-15 - EVGA RTX 3090 1000W PSU 1- 850G EVO SSD, 2-256G OCZ SSD, 1TB,HAF942-H100 Water W1064Pro 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
August 2, 20205 yr It was pretty exciting to watch since it will be landing right here near👽 Pensacola! That don't happen very often in your lifetime. Sam Prepar3D V5.3/[email protected]/EVGA 3080 TI/1000W PSU/Windows 10/40" 4K Samsung@3840x2160/ASP3D/ASCA/ORBX/ ChasePlane/General Aviation/Honeycomb Alpha+Bravo/MFG Rudder Pedals/
August 2, 20205 yr Live stuff here: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
August 2, 20205 yr De-orbit burn is happening now - about 10 minutes to end burn.. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
August 2, 20205 yr Actually, quite exciting. Thanks. Robin "Onward & Upward" ... To the Stars, & Beyond...
August 2, 20205 yr Well, it would be exciting if they would actually show some footage of it rather than the commentators chatting over a view of mission control... Heck, even if there was a view out of the window of Crew Dragon before the communications blackout... Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
August 2, 20205 yr Exciting to hear that they are tracking the capsule with a Canberra... well a WB-57 anyhow.. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
August 2, 20205 yr Interesting to note that some private civilian boats came over for a look-see.. Back in the Apollo days, practically the entire 6th Fleet would have cordoned off the area Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
August 2, 20205 yr 9 minutes ago, HighBypass said: 6th Fleet would have cordoned off the area Yeah back when we were keeping the Russkies away from our space missions.
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