Commander Valentina gathers more air samples to help monitor pollen levels further west in the Grasslands over Zone 8KKZ then heads north to Sector IBL0TR over Mount Kermon for an aerial survey
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still data hungry, field researchers have another bit.ly/GenesisProgram mission lined up further west in the Grasslands for Cdr Val tmrw
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today's Civvie flight has been scrubbed due to winds & low cloud cover, resched for 10/9 as astronauts are off for an excursion later today
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delayed Civvie flight means Cdr Val will get to carry out a 2nd contract next week that was signed on today for bit.ly/GenesisProgram
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quiet end to the week, but exciting stuff announced during it so get caught up via bit.ly/OpsSummary10-2… & have a great weekend!
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cold, gloomy & rainy day cycle comes to an end, hopefully things clear up for Cdr Val to take up a Civvie after 3rd sunrise for her mission
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rain has passed but clouds continue to hang too low for Val to climb higher than 2km & researchers want data from at least 3km. Standing by
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Val has been unable to get off the grnd still due to cloud cover. Will try once more after 4th sunrise but Wx reports from Kravass not good
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Val's mission has been scrubbed for today, rain is back. Will look to takeoff tomorrow after 2nd sunrise if weather decides to cooperate
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mostly sunny skies are drying out both the turf & dirt runways after the rains, hopefully nice weather holds for next day cycle Civvie flt
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Val is suiting up, runways passed inspection earlier today, no storms reported in the area though we are concerned about cloud coverage
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Val is briefed & on her way to pre-flight Civvie #2, which Jeb has inspected for any issues around the exterior. Clouds low, but w/in limits
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she'll be flying the same pattern Jeb flew last week, circling once around bit.ly/Zone_8KKZ w/ a 10km radius +/-0.5km at 1, 2 & 3km
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no issues during preflight, Val is taxiing past Jeb on her way to Rwy27. This will be the 50th mission for the Civvie! Safe flight Cdr Val!
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good departure, Val is on course for her objective looking to lvl off @ 1km, will drop below hills shortly. Relay @ Umbarg will pick up soon
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15km out from Zone 8KKZ over the far western Grasslands, Val has turned 45° off her heading to setup a good entry into her 10km orbit
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first orbit has started at hdg210. Once Val reaches this compass heading again she will climb for 2km. Until then she will hold 1km +/- 100m
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Val is climbing for 2km, spd during her 1st orbit was as high as 99m/s & climbed >1.1km, she nosed up to drop spd instead of throttling back
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forcing air into the instrument faster than 100m/s over an extended period of time (minutes) can cause bad readings, not an instant failure
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orbit #2 completed, all is nominal. Val is now at 3km starting her final orbit, then pass thru center before heading north for next contract
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passing 39km west of KSC heading north, still @ 3km to clear the Western Mtns, Val is on course for next waypoint bit.ly/Sector_IBL0TR
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Val has dropped below the horizon 64km to the north. We expect to hear back from her again within 1hr - any more & she may run out of fuel!
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we're back in contact w/Val, clearing the horizon from the north passing thru 2.5km as she descends & prepares for approach & landing Rwy27
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"I really gotta pee!" preceded the request for non-standard appr over the bay, which Flight granted. Val will turn straight off base to final
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a fast approach took her floating halfway down the runway before Civvie finally slowed to settle, Val now taxiing back in w/mission success
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tho her rushed landing made Val miss breaking her prev bit.ly/KSARecords for flt time by 1m49s she did set new distance record @ 721km
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a look at how Val flew the orbital step-climb. Great job, looks as clean as Jeb's! Val wonders if she'd get sick doing a sine wave pattern
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customer has reviewed images from yesterday's flight so we are able to release just a few of our favorites: imgur.com/a/GpbbL
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post-launch ops complete & we are all wrapped up for this week of operations. Get all the details here: bit.ly/OpsSummary10-9…
