LIVE: SpaceX CRS-13 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES

• #220 by centaurinasa on 13 Jan, 2018 14:01
• Always per the timeline, Trunk jettisoned right now...

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• #221 by FutureSpaceTourist on 13 Jan, 2018 14:05
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  Dragon's deorbit burn is complete and trunk has been jettisoned. Pacific Ocean splashdown in ~30 minutes.

  
  https://twitter.com/spacex/status/952194509596536832
• #222 by centaurinasa on 13 Jan, 2018 14:18
• EI (Entry Interface) , Dragon's PICA-X Heat Shield support temperatures of ~ 1,600°C

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• #223 by centaurinasa on 13 Jan, 2018 14:20
• Entry interface Followed by the traditionnal black out,
• #224 by centaurinasa on 13 Jan, 2018 14:26
• About 10 minutes before Splashdown, at 13.7 km, Dragon opens its dual Drogue Chutes slowing the capsule before main chutes deployment...
• #225 by centaurinasa on 13 Jan, 2018 14:32
• Altitude 3000 meters: 3 Main chutes deployed.

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• #226 by RocketLover0119 on 13 Jan, 2018 14:33
• succesful drogue deployement-
  
  https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/952201650084618240
• #227 by RocketLover0119 on 13 Jan, 2018 14:33
• And there are the mains!
  
  https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/952201956906344448
• #228 by centaurinasa on 13 Jan, 2018 14:35
• Capsule landing speed expected between 17 to 20 Km/h...
• #229 by centaurinasa on 13 Jan, 2018 14:36
• 15.36 UTC, SPLASHDOWN !
  
• #230 by RocketLover0119 on 13 Jan, 2018 14:40
• succesful splashdown confirmed!!
  
  https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/952203503916630016
• #231 by Chris Bergin on 13 Jan, 2018 14:40
• SPLASHDOWN CONFIRMED!
  
  https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/01/spacexs-crs-13-dragon-home/
  
  Great coverage centaurinasa!
• #232 by centaurinasa on 13 Jan, 2018 14:41
• Just after splashdown, the recovery ships are on their way to the landing site...
• #233 by centaurinasa on 13 Jan, 2018 14:45
• And as usual, after recovery of the capsule, she will be brought to the Port of Long Beach for initial post-saving steps and removal of time-critical cargo.
• #234 by centaurinasa on 13 Jan, 2018 14:48
• Congrats to .Space X teams for another successfull CRS mission !!
• #235 by RocketLover0119 on 13 Jan, 2018 15:01
• congrats to all involved with this CRS mission who have worked countless hours!! 
• #236 by centaurinasa on 13 Jan, 2018 15:03
• Seems like the mission duration is 29 jrs 00 hrs 00 mn. 
• #237 by FutureSpaceTourist on 13 Jan, 2018 20:15
• According to data on MarineTraffic.com it appears that NRC Quest had picked up Dragon and was heading back to port within about 75 mins of splashdown.
  
  Current (loose) ETA in port is very late tomorrow night (UTC) time or mid-afternoon local time. I suspect there’s a large error bound on that though.
• #238 by FutureSpaceTourist on 13 Jan, 2018 21:01
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  Dragon is headed to port with ~4,100 pounds of scientific research and hardware for a cargo handover to @NASA.

  
  https://twitter.com/spacex/status/952296758582718464

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• #239 by Rocket Science on 14 Jan, 2018 00:45
• Great article gentlemen and thank you for the excellent coverage!