{"id":21322,"date":"2020-03-05T12:46:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T17:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21322"},"modified":"2020-03-05T12:51:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T17:51:10","slug":"space-transport-roundup-mar-5-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21322","title":{"rendered":"Space transport roundup – Mar.5.2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport (find previous roundups here<\/a>):<\/p>\n

** SpaceX aims to launch Cargo Dragon on CRS-20 mission to the ISS<\/strong> this Friday evening (March 6th) at 11:49 pm EST (0449 GMT Saturday). This will be the final flight with an original Dragon 1<\/a> (i.e. Cargo Dragon) design. Subsequent cargo missions will use reconfigured Dragon 2 or Crew Dragon spacecraft. Initially, the Crew Dragon vehicles will fly astronauts only once so they will subsequently become available for uncrewed Cargo missions.<\/p>\n

This will be the third flight for this Dragon 1: SpaceX’s first orbital spacecraft set to smash reusability record on last launch – Teslarati<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The CRS-20 Falcon 9 first stage was test fired on Pad 39A last Sunday: SpaceX test-fires rocket, preps for final flight of first-generation Dragon capsule \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/p>\n

The Falcon 9 booster for SpaceX\u2019s next mission fired up briefly on a Cape Canaveral launch pad Sunday in a routine pre-flight test before a scheduled launch Friday night to kick off the final flight of the first version of the company\u2019s Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nine Merlin 1D main engines at the base of the Falcon 9 booster fired up at 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT) Sunday at Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 40 launch pad. Hold-down clamps kept the rocket firmly on the ground as the engines throttled up to produce 1.7 million pounds of thrust for several seconds.<\/em><\/p>\n

There will be a briefing today (March 5th) at 3:00 pm EST on NASA TV<\/a> about the science and technology payloads on the Dragon.<\/p>\n

Find more SpaceX items below<\/a><\/p>\n

** Blue Origin<\/strong><\/a> videos show completed New Glenn<\/a> nosecone fairing<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an inside look at how a New Glenn 7 meter fairing is designed, and the capabilities it brings to commercial, civil and national security customers. <\/span><\/em>https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/new-glenn\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n