Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM2 - EOM/Return: August, 2020 - UPDATES (Read 151598 times)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #100 on:** 08/02/2020 02:38 am »

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1289752374236585984

otter · « **Reply #101 on:** 08/02/2020 03:31 am »

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1289755540290142210

"Good night from Endeavour." From the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft in orbit, @Astro_Doug thanks the @SpaceX team in Hawthorne before crew sleep time begins. On Sunday, Aug. 2, he & @AstroBehnken will wake up at 7:40am ET. Splashdown off the coast of Florida is at 2:48pm ET.

theinternetftw · « **Reply #102 on:** 08/02/2020 04:07 am »

Another bit of atmosphere: SpaceXers remove their masks to eat at console while watching over Bob and Doug.

Nomadd · « **Reply #103 on:** 08/02/2020 04:36 am »

It's a pretty poor excuse for a photo, but looking at in-the-sky.org, it looks like both Boca Chica dishes were tracking the ISS.

theinternetftw · « **Reply #104 on:** 08/02/2020 05:13 am »

There was a "Mission Highlights" video played on stream that has some cool inside-ISS views filmed by the crew of arrival and EVA prep, some very cool footage of what looks like every experiment they touched while onboard, and some very, very cool high quality EVA GoPro views, including footage of re-pressurization, which has sound, and of doffing, which also has sound.

Now that that part of the stream has archived, I can link to it via timestamp:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=sl2jo1bSxl8&t=350m25s

Was going to do a few images to capture it if the link took too long to show up, but as I can now do the above, I'll just add one image in particular.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #105 on:** 08/02/2020 07:26 am »

Departure highlights video

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #106 on:** 08/02/2020 07:40 am »

https://twitter.com/astro_doug/status/1289714388383879171

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It was an honor and privilege to be part of Expedition 63. Thanks to @Astro_SEAL, Anatoly, & @ivan_mks63 for making our stay on @Space_Station an incredible experience. Now it's time to finish our DM-2 test flight in order to pave the way for future Dragon crews. Go Endeavour!

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #107 on:** 08/02/2020 10:33 am »

https://twitter.com/space_station/status/1289865531995107329

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Quite a few of you, including @JenniferD127, have been wondering, "What will Bob and Doug do upon their return to Earth?" #AskNASA

SMS · « **Reply #108 on:** 08/02/2020 10:42 am »

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1289869794418790402

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The crew is ready to return home inside the @SpaceX #CrewDragon and @Akai43219486 wants to know, "What will Bob and Doug bring back down to Earth with them?"

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #109 on:** 08/02/2020 11:43 am »

Crew wakeup call! Bob and Doug's kids calling to wake them up!

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #110 on:** 08/02/2020 11:45 am »

Hawthorne letting crew know that weather in Pensacola is good, and tracking for primary burn

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #111 on:** 08/02/2020 11:59 am »

https://twitter.com/AstroKarenN/status/1289892669334777856?s=20

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #112 on:** 08/02/2020 12:05 pm »

MCC to crew, weather looking good, issue with generator on recovery ship, but still expect ship at recovery site. Good for first landing attempt.

SMS · « **Reply #113 on:** 08/02/2020 12:17 pm »

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2020/08/02/astronauts-wake-up-preps-crew-dragon-for-splashdown-today/

Mark Garcia Posted on August 2, 2020

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are beginning their final day in orbit inside the Crew Dragon “Endeavour” spacecraft ahead of splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico at 2:48 p.m. EDT this afternoon.

NASA’s live coverage of the return continues.

To wake them, Mission Control Hawthorne played the dads an audio message from their sons.

Conditions remain “Go” at the primary targeted site, off the coast of Pensacola, and alternate site off the coast of Panama City in the Gulf of Mexico for splashdown and recovery.

Here’s the timeline for return activities (all times Eastern):

1:51 p.m. – Crew Dragon performs claw separation. The claw is located on Crew Dragon’s trunk, connecting thermal control, power, and avionics system components located on the trunk to the capsule.

1:51 p.m. – Trunk separation
1:56 p.m. – Deorbit burn begins
2:08 p.m. – Deorbit burn complete
2:11 p.m. – Nosecone deploys
2:32 p.m. – Crew Dragon maneuvers to attitude for re-entry

2:44 p.m. – Drogue parachutes deploy at about 18,000 feet in altitude while Crew Dragon is moving approximately 350 miles per hour.
2:45 p.m. – Main parachutes deploy at about 6,000 feet in altitude while Crew Dragon is moving approximately 119 miles per hour.
2:48 p.m. – Splashdown

Crew Dragon autonomously undocked from the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 7:35 p.m. Saturday, two very small engine burns separating Crew Dragon from the station, and the spacecraft slowly maneuvered away from the orbital laboratory. Once flying free, Dragon Endeavour autonomously executed four departure burns that moved the spaceship away from the space station and the crew began the flight home. A phasing burn overnight put it on its path toward Pensacola.

The duo arrived at the orbiting laboratory on May 31, following a successful launch on May 30 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During their 62 days aboard station, Behnken and Hurley contributed more than 100 hours of time to supporting the orbiting laboratory’s investigations, participated in public engagement events, and supported four spacewalks with Behnken and Cassidy to install new batteries in the station’s power grid and upgrade other station hardware.