Webcast coverage ending. Docking scheduled for 2024-09-29 21:27 UTC.

Nosecone deploy in progress.

The Zero-G indicator is a toy stuffed falcon, which also flew with Nick Hague aboard Soyuz MS-12.

Dragon separation confirmed.

SECO, nominal orbital insertion.

Dragon launch escape system has been disarmed.

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and stage 1 boostback burn.

Liftoff!

Stage 1 LOX load is complete.

Stage 2 LOX load is complete.

Stage 1 engine chill has started.

Stage 1 fuel load is complete.

Strongback retract has started.

Stage 2 LOX load has started.

Stage 2 fuel load is complete.

Tanks are venting for the start of propellant load.

Edit: Propellant load has started.

Crew have closed their visors and are arming the launch escape system.

Edit: Launch escape system is armed, weather is 70% go.

Crew access arm retraction is underway.

NASA webcast is live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKXtysRx0b4

Nick and Aleksandr have boarded dragon, hatch is closed, and closeout teams are exiting the crew access arm.

Merge Bash Overwrite memory

That’s not an ability, that’s an entire encounter and I love it.

the HP fandom isn’t that active anymore

I think it only seems this way due to the small size of the fediverse. If you dip into The Site Which Must Not Be Named, r/harrypotter and r/HarryPotterMemes still get dozens of posts per day. The memes are endless, and there’s a new TV series coming out in the next couple years. The HP fandom is definitely still active, and if we want to grow the fediverse (#fedigrow), we can definitely benefit from this.

I think images are important and on diagonlemmy, I dont want to try to add images and break stuff.

Do images not work? I’ve been posting images and they seem fine…

Edit: Oh, I just realized that the images don’t federate, and just appear like this:

Edit2: If you want to implement images, and need a new server to do it, that seems reasonable. An alternative would be to consolidate to !harrypotter@literature.cafe, which already has image support and existing subscribers. If you are set on a separate HP server, you should see if floo.net or floonet.works is available. Could be funner than the .social TLD.

Edit3: I have to ask: If diagonlemmy currently has no image support, what purpose was !harry_potter_memes@diagonlemmy.social intended to serve. 99% of memes are image macros.

The downvoters didn’t read past the headline…

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1838779785671233840

Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete. Targeting Saturday, September 28 for launch of Crew-9 to the @space_station

Teams will lower and roll Falcon 9 and Dragon back to the hangar at pad 40 tonight due to Tropical Storm Helene’s unfavorable impact on weather conditions at the launch site on Thursday

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1838970233362772355

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https://x.com/TurkeyBeaver/status/1839682183801213305

With Hurricane Helene out of the way, Crew-9 is back outside at pad 40. Shown below are two of the critical teams that support launch at the Cape. Both the Safety and Pad teams work 24/7, 365 to keep the machine running and our team safe. A huge thank you to the men and women of SpaceX for their dedication to making life multi planetary!!!

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https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1839854813758271857

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