Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM2 - EOM/Return: August, 2020 - UPDATES  (Read 140327 times)

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https://twitter.com/Commercial_Crew/status/1289904513130868742

At the point of splashdown, the @SpaceX Crew Dragon will be going about 15 mph (24 kph) — that's a slowdown from the 17,500 mph (25,000 kph) they were traveling while orbiting Earth!

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Ground asking to go back onboard for video, crew will call when good to go.

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Crew gives  ground go to go onboard with video, ground asking crew fluid loading plan.

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View of crew onboard Dragonship Endeavour

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You can see Endeavour's attitude in the center console
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Go Navigator leaving port for the recovery zone:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:452540/zoom:12

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Ground calling crew on heat exchanger bypass, will close for reentry, precluding manual cabin temperature control.

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Crew putting the grab sample container item in work.

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Hawthorne calling Dragon for Deorbit preparation, clarifying some things.
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View inside dragon, crew not in suits yet but working through the deorbit checklist (pdf?)

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Live views from Go Navigator

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Ground calling Dragon on timeline and recovery status. Timeline within 4.5 hours of slashdown for contingency reasons, no second generator for Go Navigator before it left, but will be at landing site on time. Will only have one generator.
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Crew calling SpaceX, asking for interior cameras to be turned off

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https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1289934510411284483

@AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug are "go" for splashdown off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, today at 2:48pm ET aboard the
@SpaceX #CrewDragon.

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https://twitter.com/NASA_Johnson/status/1289935956506603520

Conditions remain "go" at the primary targeted recovery site and we are just hours away from splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.

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Go Navigator still heading out to the recovery zone
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