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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #240 on: 05/05/2018 01:44 pm »
Splashdown is scheduled for 19:00 UTC.
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #241 on: 05/05/2018 01:46 pm »
Dragon departure from the ISS

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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #242 on: 05/05/2018 01:47 pm »
ISS configuration updated.
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #243 on: 05/05/2018 01:52 pm »
Next ISS-related event will be on May 8th: a briefing regarding the next planned EVAs.
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #244 on: 05/05/2018 01:53 pm »
EVA coverage info.
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #245 on: 05/05/2018 01:53 pm »
NASA TV coverage coming to a close.

Again, have a great weekend.
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #246 on: 05/05/2018 01:53 pm »
End of NASA TV coverage (Thanks again to Mr. Rob Navias)
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #247 on: 05/05/2018 01:55 pm »
Photo by Anton Shkaplerov

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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #248 on: 05/05/2018 05:05 pm »
More photos from Oleg Artemyev.

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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #249 on: 05/05/2018 05:06 pm »
And even video!

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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #250 on: 05/05/2018 05:34 pm »
About one hour thirty minutes before splasdown, GNC (guidance, navigation & control) bay door closed and latched for re-entry.(to protect the navigation sensors inside from the harsh re-entry environment)
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #251 on: 05/05/2018 05:51 pm »
Now, Dragon gets into attitude for the Deorbit burn.
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #252 on: 05/05/2018 05:56 pm »
10 Minutes until CRS-14's de-orbit burn...
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #253 on: 05/05/2018 06:06 pm »
18.06 UTC according to the timeline , Deorbit burn: SpaceX controllers from Hawthorne send command to Draco engines for retrograde firing during about 10 mn...
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #254 on: 05/05/2018 06:18 pm »
Deorbit burn should be complete (slowing Dragon by about 100 m/s), Dragon moved in attitude for Trunk sep.
Waiting confirmation from Space X...
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #255 on: 05/05/2018 06:29 pm »
If everything went well, Trunk section separation, now.
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #256 on: 05/05/2018 06:29 pm »
SpaceX confirm good deorbit burn.
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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #258 on: 05/05/2018 06:40 pm »
EI "Entry Interface" (Dragon’s PICA-X heat shield has to withstand T° of up to 1600°C)

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Re: SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES
« Reply #259 on: 05/05/2018 06:43 pm »
and then, black out....
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