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May 30th

Up, Up and Way Away! Now at 2.3 G's and travelling at 2300 miles per hour and counting up to 17,5000 mi

on Sat, 05/30/2020 - 19:42

In just a few seconds there's going to be the main engine cut off... they have MECO...now up to 6600 mph and 110KM. The SECO, Second Engine Cut Off will be in five minutes. They're heading up past NC all the way to Canada. Dragon Space X trajectory. Just taking a few notes from the television live airing. They are saying the astronauts are highly trained. Doug and Bob are cruising right along.

The term "Nominal" for trajectory means all is good in NASA terminology. We are few minutes away from the entry burn of a few engines.