Captain Jebediah carries out some follow-up measurements of pollen using the Atmospheric Fluid Spectro-Variometer for the Field Research Team over the area surrounding Sector SW64
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Jeb will rotate into the cockpit Fri for this contract, which will take new measurements on pollen to see how levels have fallen since Sept
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Jeb planned to be ready to fly by now but high winds & low clouds are keeping him grounded & standing by. He's not really a fan of waiting
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Jeb is freed from sitting around in the rdy room all suited up, flight scrubbed til 3rd sunrise. He's already got a gamepad in ungloved hand
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it started raining about an hour ago with no signs of letting up. Genesis has rescheduled Jeb's mission to next week after the Mk5 launch
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Jeb is getting suited up for his delayed mission, looking to depart with the sun clearing the horizon in <1hr. Flight Control coming online
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Jeb briefed, will be sampling air in a wide area around bit.ly/Sector_SW64 from 1-3km. Val is finishing up Civvie external inspection
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air samples will gather pollen data to compare to Sept when we experienced a higher than normal count that could have caused health issues
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taxiing out to Rwy27 as Mun transits off the face of the sun rising over the horizon, Jeb has takeoff clearance, winds calm clouds @ 4.6km
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Jeb has departed & will continue on rwy hdg after initial climb to 1km before turning towards objective on hdg225 to begin his sampling pass
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1st pass underway, comms/data relayed thru Umbarg. New sensors on the Atmospheric Fluid Spectro-Variometer are now being put to the test
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flying 15km past center of Sector Jeb pulled a 10° right bank until he was re-oriented towards center, now making another pass through @ 1km
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passing through & initiating another right bank @ 15km , Jeb will continue in this fashion to cover the entire area. Now climbing to 2km ASL
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2km ASL barely clears the base of the Western Mtns but Jeb was able to hold alt & only have to pull the turn tighter initially to avoid grnd
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Jeb has finished his final pass, is descending towards KSC from 3km, 30km downrange to the west - will fly his first "high speed" approach
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Jeb aced the approach & is taxiing in to park outside the HAB. Atmo sampler data will be pulled & analyzed to see how new sensors performed
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another photo from Jeb's flight, same location as the 1st one we posted but looking from the wing cam west towards the mountains & highlands
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check out Jeb's flight path from earlier today - flower pattern will be the new technique rather than step-circling. Interactive version: bit.ly/Civvie_11-1-17 elevation plot shown here in this image
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an incredible rocket launch, some fancy pattern flying & new moonlet! Get all the details kerbalspace.agency/?p=5953
