First Commercial Capsule docking with ISS (LIVE)

[Mr. Analog]

This is utterly fascinating to me:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html

[Melbosa]

Its so quiet.

[Mr. Analog]

Its so quiet.

Yep, they are calibrating for docking but there is radio chatter when it happens.

[Mr. Analog]

Seems there was some kind of electrical problem causing delay...

[Lazybones]

Seems there was some kind of electrical problem causing delay...

They had to recalibrate the laser alignment sensors because too much sun was reflecting off the station...

[Mr. Analog]

Yep! They're movin' now!

[Lazybones]

http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/25/1446206/iss-captures-spacex-dragon-capsule

"To work around the problem, SpaceX narrowed the field of view for the laser sensor so that it wouldn't pick up light from the offending reflector. Dragon then returned to the 30-meter checkpoint and moved in for the final approach."

[Mr. Analog]

Successfully docked!

Briefing at 1 PM

[Thorin]

Okay, first: NASA TV?  They have their own broadcasting station?! second: channels 101, 102, 103?  They have 3 channels?!

[Mr. Analog]

To quote Gavin from Kids in the Hall: "Obviously"

[Thorin]

Damn, wish I could've had that playing live in the background.  Instead I was at a pool helping little kids today, while Grown Men were Berthing Capsules.

[Mr. Analog]

It was pretty cool, though I had to mute mission command during a couple meetings this morning lol

[Darren Dirt]

So here's what was streaming at 4:52pm our local time...


(why do I feel that "Proud Mary" should be playing in the background) (or the theme for Theodore Tugboat!)

[Mr. Analog]

Which shuttle was that? I'd die if it was Columbus! lol