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Eva Knott 6:37 p.m., May 25
Ed Bedford 6:31 p.m., May 25
Susan Luzzaro 6:29 p.m., May 25
Barbara Zaragoza 4:30 p.m., May 25
Michael Mullenniex 1:43 p.m., May 25
Falcon 9: Redux
Oh man! They did it. It is so beautiful. Against that night sky. 3 minutes in, the bird is approaching MICO 1, Main engine cutoff. Everything is nominal. The second stage engine is burning now. They have a camera on the cone of the engine and it is glowing bright pink. Stage two propulsion systems nominal. Absolutely amazing to be watching the booster engine running live!, across the Internet, from space. This is the future of space. A Live Feed to your cell phone, from probes that traverse our solar system, and bring you into the loop! The Dragon is moving now at 4 kilometers a second. Thank you SpaceX... Love your show!— May 22, 2012 12:52 a.m.
Falcon 9: Redux
The Range gives a Green for go! The rocket is fuming! Amazing launch site! T-Minus 1 minute the vehicle is in start up, the computer is in charge of the flight now! 20 10 9 7 6 5 4 2 OH BABY LAUNCH LAUNCH LAUNCH!!!!!!! WOWWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!— May 22, 2012 12:45 a.m.
Falcon 9: Redux
T-minus 7 minutes... First stage fuel bleed open... Vehicle is in self alignment... T-minus 6 minutes... Stage 2 fuel bleed started T-minus 5 minutes Stage One an Stage Two auto sequence started... FTS on internal power FTBBC complete T-minus 3 minutes. FTS IS ARMED!!!! Flight positions ready. LD verify go for launch. Launch director is GO for launch....— May 22, 2012 12:42 a.m.
Falcon 9: Redux
Ok here we go All stations are called on to give status. The LC rapidly cuts through a list of department heads asking for go or no go. A bunch of "go's" later its a GO!!! And now everyone is ready to go. At T-minus 10 minutes automatic launch procedures are initiated. Some reads off a complex set of rules for reporting hold, hold, hold! Mark! VC announces sequence has started. RC reports clock has started. Launch enable the flight. Clock is counting. Here we GO!!!!— May 22, 2012 12:35 a.m.
Falcon 9: Redux
T- Minus 20 Minutes. Long quiet pause as we close in on launch. I finally got on the G+ SpaceX stream going. Looks like we are go for flight! T - Minus 14 Minutes and counting. 9:49 seconds after launch the Dragon capsule separates from the rocket body and becomes a satellite in earth orbit. Nature calls. BRB!!— May 22, 2012 12:30 a.m.
Falcon 9 Very UN-Official Launch Update
And so not with a bang, but a whimper, the launch ends for tonight. Back to the drawing board. At least we have tomorrow! Hey, don't forget the eclipse Sunday!!!! jerry out...— May 19, 2012 2:01 a.m.
Falcon 9 Very UN-Official Launch Update
Clock is running. OX bleeds open. 1 Minute to flight. 1st / 2nd stage are pressurized. T-minus 20 seconds. Oh no! Launch abort!!!! LOL... No flight, no flight!— May 19, 2012 1:57 a.m.
Falcon 9 Very UN-Official Launch Update
Launch conductor does the poll. Can't keep up with it. Everyone is go! We are lighting this Candle. Clear to proceed to terminal count. We now see a live shot of the rocket, and the game is afoot!— May 19, 2012 1:52 a.m.
Falcon 9 Very UN-Official Launch Update
01:50AM Five minutes to launch. SpaceX site is still live, but NASA TV has crashed. Rebooting the browser and hoping it works! Come on Nasa! Still go for liftoff!— May 19, 2012 1:50 a.m.
Falcon 9 Very UN-Official Launch Update
01:40 AM - We're 15 minutes away. The team at SpaceX is going through some informational detail about the rocket. NASA is now broadcasting live as well. The ISS is at 250 miles above the earth over Labrador.... Dragon has to chase it down to dock.— May 19, 2012 1:38 a.m.