Category Archive: Mission Dispatch

A collection of tweets & images detailing mission activities

Dec 22 2016

Civvie Flight Trial 7

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Mission Dispatch

Captain Jebediah takes one more flight – for science! He’s headed out to the Mountains to attempt to transmit science data back to the KSC

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Dec 22 2016

Civvie Flight Trial 6

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Mission Dispatch

Captain Jebediah is back in the pilot seat to make his own attempt at landing without a chute – via an approach over the water no less!

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Dec 21 2016

Civvie Flight Trial 5

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Mission Dispatch

Now that landing is mostly proven, Commander Valentina will dedicate some flight time to climb to max altitude & perform stall maneuvers

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Dec 21 2016

Civvie Flight Trial 4

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Mission Dispatch

The time has come, Commander Valentina will attempt to land the Civvie on the runway without using its recovery chute
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Dec 21 2016

Civvie Flight Trial 3

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Mission Dispatch

Although Captain Jebediah came close, Commander Valentina is the one with the experience & we’re hoping she can put the Civvie back down on the runway with chute assistance

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Dec 20 2016

Civvie Ground Trial 3

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Mission Dispatch

Commander Val checks out the Civvie’s behavior taxiing in high crosswinds to get an idea of what it can handle

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Dec 19 2016

Civvie Flight Trial 2

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Mission Dispatch

It’s Captain Jebediahs’s turn to take the Civvie up into the wild blue yonder, we’re hoping to return to the runway intact this time!

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