Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM2 - EOM/Return: August, 2020 - UPDATES (Read 150938 times)

otter · « **Reply #120 on:** 08/02/2020 01:17 pm »

https://twitter.com/Commercial_Crew/status/1289904513130868742

At the point of splashdown, the @SpaceX Crew Dragon will be going about 15 mph (24 kph) — that's a slowdown from the 17,500 mph (25,000 kph) they were traveling while orbiting Earth!

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #121 on:** 08/02/2020 01:18 pm »

Ground asking to go back onboard for video, crew will call when good to go.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #122 on:** 08/02/2020 01:23 pm »

Crew gives ground go to go onboard with video, ground asking crew fluid loading plan.

ChrisGebhardt · « **Reply #123 on:** 08/02/2020 01:24 pm »

Landing day article:

https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1289914655301726208

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #124 on:** 08/02/2020 01:25 pm »

View of crew onboard Dragonship Endeavour

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #125 on:** 08/02/2020 01:26 pm »

You can see Endeavour's attitude in the center console

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #126 on:** 08/02/2020 01:30 pm »

Go Navigator leaving port for the recovery zone:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:452540/zoom:12

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #127 on:** 08/02/2020 01:37 pm »

Ground calling crew on heat exchanger bypass, will close for reentry, precluding manual cabin temperature control.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #128 on:** 08/02/2020 01:41 pm »

Crew putting the grab sample container item in work.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #129 on:** 08/02/2020 01:52 pm »

https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1289921622116192258?s=20

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #130 on:** 08/02/2020 01:59 pm »

Hawthorne calling Dragon for Deorbit preparation, clarifying some things.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #131 on:** 08/02/2020 02:11 pm »

View inside dragon, crew not in suits yet but working through the deorbit checklist (pdf?)

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #132 on:** 08/02/2020 02:12 pm »

Live views from Go Navigator

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #133 on:** 08/02/2020 02:21 pm »

Ground calling Dragon on timeline and recovery status. Timeline within 4.5 hours of slashdown for contingency reasons, no second generator for Go Navigator before it left, but will be at landing site on time. Will only have one generator.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #134 on:** 08/02/2020 02:25 pm »

Crew calling SpaceX, asking for interior cameras to be turned off

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #135 on:** 08/02/2020 02:38 pm »

https://twitter.com/Kyle_M_Photo/status/1289932164843204609?s=20

otter · « **Reply #136 on:** 08/02/2020 02:48 pm »

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1289934510411284483

@AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug are "go" for splashdown off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, today at 2:48pm ET aboard the
@SpaceX #CrewDragon.

otter · « **Reply #137 on:** 08/02/2020 02:50 pm »

https://twitter.com/NASA_Johnson/status/1289935956506603520

Conditions remain "go" at the primary targeted recovery site and we are just hours away from splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #138 on:** 08/02/2020 02:53 pm »

Go Navigator still heading out to the recovery zone

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #139 on:** 08/02/2020 02:59 pm »

https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1289932530657812480?s=20