welshbairn Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Dragon returning to Earth from the Space Station before splash down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryHill Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 52 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Dragon returning to Earth from the Space Station before splash down. Do you know what time (UK) this happened yesterday and if it would have been visible here? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, HenryHill said: Do you know what time (UK) this happened yesterday and if it would have been visible here? Splash down was 3.33 am and I think it takes about half an hour to descend through the atmosphere. This shows the trajectory of the first crew dragon to land and I expect the current one was similar, which means it would have been unlikely to be visible from here. I could well be wrong though, do you think you saw something? Edited November 10, 2021 by welshbairn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryHill Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Splash down was 3.33 am and I think it takes about half an hour to descend through the atmosphere. This shows the trajectory of the first crew dragon to land and I expect the current one was similar, which means it would have been unlikely to be visible from here. I could well be wrong though, do you think you saw something? Thanks for the info. No, the kids thought they saw something yesterday evening when I was driving. The day must just have been a coincidence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 1 minute ago, HenryHill said: Thanks for the info. No, the kids thought they saw something yesterday evening when I was driving. The day must just have been a coincidence. The space station is sometimes visible with the naked eye, and there are all these broadband satellites zooming about and occasionally burning up in the atmosphere, so it could well have been something quite exciting 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Next Crew Dragon launch due at 2am our time, for any insomniacs. Live coverage ongoing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Chinese female taikonaut took a space walk on their space station the other day. I don't know much about the Chinese space programme and it doesn't get much reported on here but it sounds interesting. TL:DR The Chinese Communist Party: the biggest Communist Party in space. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 (edited) Russia seemingly have launched a missile to blow up one of their own satellites, the debris from which has forced the space station astronauts to seriously shit themselves and get ready for evacuation. What were they thinking? Anyone can do it, it's not clever. https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/debris-from-a-satellite-shot-down-by-the-russians-appears-to-threaten-the-iss/ Edited November 15, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Interesting 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillyAnchor Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 16:43, tamthebam said: TL:DR The Chinese Communist Party: the biggest Communist Party in space. And if you ask me, the best 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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welshbairn Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 4 hours ago, boomboomyards said: Now targeting Christmas Day, earliest at 12.20 pm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sherrif John Bunnell Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 This thing will be incredible if it works. Space stuff happening on Christmas Day reminds me of Beagle 2 though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 (edited) Nearly $10 billion worth of kit and 25 years of work could be about to go poof.. Edited December 25, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Perfect launch by all accounts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboomyards Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Perfect launch by all accounts.Everything going to plan, so far.[emoji106] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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