#Artemis #NASA #SLS No additional risk of caulk falling off and causing damage.

Red box shows darker area when RPV "Caulk" was peeled off during hurricane

still got more than an hour of wiggle room. Got a 2 hour Launch window and GODAMMIT we are going to use all of it!

wondering if the #SLS uses a soft or hard caulk and if you need 2 hands to apply it.

yes i am getting a bit punchy

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Polling about to start!

GO TIME

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Polling done
No constraints
GO FOR TERMINAL COUNT LAUNCH!
T MINUS 10 MINUTS AND COUNTING

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t-6 minutes GO for full pressure

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GLS is go for LH2 high flow bleed check (T-4M40S)

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Core Stage APU starts

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R-25 engine wiggle!

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ICPS switches to internal battery power

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Core stage switches to internal power

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ICPS enters terminal countdown mode (T-1M20S)

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WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH T-30 SECONDS

WAAAAAAAAAA!

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T+00:00:00:00 Launch from Mobile Launch Platform 1 at pad LC39B at Kennedy Space Center along with ignition of the SRB

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T+00:00:02:12 SRB shutdown and jettison at an altitude of 48 km

NOMINAL LAUNCH!

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T+00:00:03:11 spacecraft adapter fairing panels 1 to 3 jettisoned at an altitude of 88 km
T+00:00:03:16 FAKE Abort tower jettison at an altitude of 90 km and velocity 2.03 km/s

Sorry for all the post spam everyone hope you appreciated the updates

My #catsofcoso slept through the launch

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T+00:00:05:24 SRB splash down in Atlantic RIP noisy rockets. that worked

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T+00:00:08:03 MECO (main engine cutoff), altitude 157 km, orbit 30 x 1808 km
T+00:00:08:15 #SLS separate from #ICPS/#OSA/#Orion in 30 x 1808 km orbit.

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NOMINAL LAUNCH of #SLS

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Ever tell you how much i love Night launches?

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Happy flight director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is happy

and gets her tie cut as tradition of getting for first launch

@Kinnison

He really go into the adderall then.