Dragon's de-orbit burn is complete and its trunk has been jettisoned; Pacific Ocean splashdown in ~30 minutes
Dragon's drogue chutes deployed nominally
Dragon's main parachutes have been deployed
Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing this spacecraft’s third mission to and from the @space_station!
NRC Quest has pounced! The vessel is moving north east at full speed towards Dragon.
NRC Quest has arrived at the splashdown location of Dragon, after traveling 10km in ~30 minutes.The vessel will now deploy fast-approach boats to collect up the chutes and help secure Dragon for the lift onboard.
NRC Quest has recovered Dragon from the water and is en-route to the Port of LA for a time-sensitive cargo handover to NASA! Their ETA is roughly 24 hours from now - I'll isolate that down more tomorrow.
NRC Quest has arrived at Port LA with Dragon!
Thrice-flown Dragon has arrived back at Port of LA aboard NRC Quest. #spacex #crs18
NRC Quest gliding into Port of LA during sunrise carrying 3x flown Dragon capsule, back from its CRS-18 mission to the International Space Station. #spacex #crs18 @PortofLA
A few closeups of Dragon as it was being lifted from NRC Quest this morning at Port of LA. #spacex #crs18 #nasa
