SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon - RNDZ, ISS Ops, EOM - UPDATES

[centaurinasa]

15 mn before Splashdown...

[centaurinasa]

At 13,7 km, dual drogue chutes deployment.

[Raul]

NRC Quest is waiting for Dragon on LZ-14 position.

[centaurinasa]

Main chutes (3) deployment

[centaurinasa]

19.00 UTC SPLASHDOWN ! (Waiting Space-X confirmation...)
(image from previous flight)

[centaurinasa]

Chutes deployment confirmation

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/992841103714873344

[centaurinasa]

Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing SpaceX’s third resupply mission to and from the @Space_Station with a flight-proven spacecraft.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/992842234427990016

[Chris Bergin]

Great coverage centaurinasa!

Welcome Home CRS-14 Dragon! (The second time for this Dragon).

ARTICLE:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/05/dragons-crs-14-conclude-splashdown-pacific-ocean/

- By Chris Gebhardt

[centaurinasa]

CONGRATULATIONS to all SpaceX teams for another perfect flight ! 

[centaurinasa]

Now, Space X's recovery ships Will be approaching the capsule.
Then, Dragon will be brought to the Port of Long Beach for initial post-saving steps & removal of time-critical cargo (shipped back to NASA within 48 hours of landing for post-flight analysis and distribution to the participating scientific institutions).

[centaurinasa]

...the Dragon spacecraft successfully returned to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean today at about 11:59 a.m. PDT...

http://www.spacex.com/news/2018/05/05/dragon-resupply-mission-crs-14

[centaurinasa]

Image from Space X news page
http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/styles/featured_news_widget_image/public/field/image/crs14splashdown2.png?itok=ed5yPu8K

http://www.spacex.com/news

(but not sure if it's from CRS-14 splashdown...)

[Mark S]

Great coverage centaurinasa!

Welcome Home CRS-14 Dragon! (The second time for this Dragon).

ARTICLE:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/05/dragons-crs-14-conclude-splashdown-pacific-ocean/

- By Chris Gebhardt

Nice article, Chris, and great photo. Is that actually CRS-14?  Based on the wake and the bow wave, those chutes are dragging that Dragon along at a pretty good clip. The world's first wind-surfing Dragon!

Do we have any info on the wind speed, and if there were any recovery complications?

Thanks.

[vaporcobra]

NRC Quest is ~12 hours out from port, averaging a strong 10 knot average over the last 12 hours. Probably gonna arrive before dawn tomorrow, in other words

[Raul]

Nice article, Chris, and great photo. Is that actually CRS-14?  Based on the wake and the bow wave, those chutes are dragging that Dragon along at a pretty good clip. The world's first wind-surfing Dragon!

It's archive photo of Dragon C2+ recovery (May 31, 2012).

Note that current parachutes have a new design, different color pattern with a white edge - as in the picture above.
These parachutes were already seen for example in recent parachute drop test (March 4, 2018).

[Raul]

https://twitter.com/meg_barnes/status/993504988390346752

Here’s the SpaceX Dragon capsule that came back to Earth over the weekend being unloaded in San Pedro’s Outer Harbor this morning. Photo by Chuck Bennett.

[penguin44]

Is it me or does she look a little extra crispy?

[woods170]

Is it me or does she look a little extra crispy?

That just you IMO. This Dragon looks very similar to previous landed Dragons.