By Grand Rapids Anonymous
friday, march 14, 2025 at 8:54:00 p.m. edt
space x rocket lifts off successfully to rescue orphaned astronauts
“(nasa.gov) nasa’s spacex crew-10 mission lifted off at 7:03 p.m. edt from launch complex 39a at the agency’s Kennedy space center in florida.
“nasa astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists jaxa (japan aerospace exploration agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, are experiencing 2 g while spacex’s dragon spacecraft and falcon 9 rocket go through a rapid succession of events.
“it will take about 28.5 hours for the spacecraft to autonomously dock to the space station at 11:30 p.m. edt saturday, march 15, while traveling 17,000 mph orbiting the earth.
“coming up next, the nine merlin engines on falcon 9’s first stage will burn through one million pounds of propellant during the next three minutes. ”
GRA: They didn’t forget about their orphans after all. Nine freaking months. Musk had to get involved to get it done.
--GRA
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