My first docking COMPLETED

NonoXyde · December 31, 2007, 12:13:57 PM

Look this!

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1332/ssm2qh3.jpg

krisj · December 31, 2007, 12:38:12 PM

nice nice

Cthulhus · December 31, 2007, 12:49:20 PM

Congratulation !!

Firefighterdan · December 31, 2007, 06:20:35 PM

Very nice. Great picture too.

dembree · December 31, 2007, 09:19:49 PM

cool.

Valkyrie · January 01, 2008, 12:01:32 AM

Congrats! Amazing picture too!

CincyMan · January 01, 2008, 03:12:50 AM

NonoXyde , congrats!!!

Kosmonaut · January 01, 2008, 05:30:19 AM

Nice pic man!! For my entertainment this evening I will show the world what a fireball looks like as I once again burn up on reentry from STS-1. LOL $:-\$ $:-\$ $:-\$

Nutnut · January 03, 2008, 06:04:07 PM

Great, How Did Un-Docking Go

(Still Waiting To Get Game

NonoXyde · January 03, 2008, 06:43:58 PM

i dont perform the Undocking, i just try Docking and EVA with STS-116.

Sorry!
Now, i doing STS-8 (deorbit).

spacecowboy2 · March 31, 2011, 08:19:26 PM

Hi there every one,

well sence there already a docking post just add my 2 cents, well for the first time I did my docking with the iss for the first time on sts-96, I dont have any pics but it was quite the experaince but I was able to pull it off of the first time.

I made a few mistakes (like comeing in to hot) but I corrected my veloceity and slowed way down just in time to get a great caputre. it was fun. and after I was docked it felt good that I was able to do it and I was excited to.

Admin · March 31, 2011, 09:42:43 PM

Quote from: spacecowboy2 on March 31, 2011, 08:19:26 PM
Hi there every one,

well sence there already a docking post just add my 2 cents, well for the first time I did my docking with the iss for the first time on sts-96, I dont have any pics but it was quite the experaince but I was able to pull it off of the first time.

I made a few mistakes (like comeing in to hot) but I corrected my veloceity and slowed way down just in time to get a great caputre. it was fun. and after I was docked it felt good that I was able to do it and I was excited to.

Yes, the satisfaction of performing your first docking is really worth the patience, practice and hours you invested in mastering the sim. Have lot of fun!

/Admin

spacecowboy2 · March 31, 2011, 11:46:41 PM

well thank u Admin, I didnt think I was able to do it the verry first time after I drifted away from the ISS but after I relized that, I gave just a little to much thrust and had a lot of vlocity but at about 100 from the pma I was able to slow down and correct just in time and the it capured and the docking began. and I couldnt belive it, I did it.

MECO · September 13, 2011, 07:33:30 PM

STS-100 is technically my 3rd docking with ISS, but I think this is the first mission that requires the full TORVA procedure. The ADPS got capture and I was really pleased to get a "perfect" docking congratulations message.

I really love the way the STS missions and the sim gradually teaches you each of the required skills in turn. I remember being stuck on a rendevous and howto use the LOS properly. Now I've got the approach down to a tea. The previous ISS dockings were a bit of a cheat due to the "straight-in below" approach. I was really worried about how to pull off the TORVA as I got to the 600ft mark, but just assumed it would work the same as a quarter of a flyaround... To my surprise, it was just that simple!!

Just wanted to write up my experience of my first "proper" experience. I know you vets have done this so many times its probably mundane, but I gotta take my space helmet off to GC for such a wonderful sim.

Richard R · September 13, 2011, 08:13:39 PM

I'm still working on my first PROX OPS and Docking with the ISS.

Richard R

My first docking COMPLETED

dembree

CincyMan

Nutnut