SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : 2 Mar 2023 (05:34 UTC)

• #760 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 03:12
• https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1698534325682393370
  
  

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  Crew-6 on orbit
• #761 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 03:17
• “Deorbit sequence start”

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• #762 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 03:18
• https://twitter.com/commercial_crew/status/1698535864165409269
  
  

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  The Dragon capsule carrying @NASA_Astronauts  Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev is headed for splashdown.
  
  Up next: A deorbit burn is scheduled to begin at 11:24pm ET.
• #763 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 03:20
• Claw separation is complete.
  
  Trunk has separated.
  
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  https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1698536387124048161
  
  

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  Dragon’s trunk has been jettisoned and the deorbit burn will begin soon
• #764 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 03:26
• https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1698537816504824220
  
  

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  Crew-6: Deorbit ignition confirmed, at 11:24pm EDT (0324 UTC); the ~16-minute burn will slow the ship by about 250 mph, just enough to drop its orbit into the lower atmosphere for a southwest-to-northeast descent to splashdown off Florida's east coast
• #765 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 03:28
• Burn views on Dragon screens

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• #766 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 03:28
• https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1698538244781011275
  
  

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  SpaceX Crew-6: Deorbit burn for Dragon Endeavour.
  
  You can see the Draco's dancing on the displays. Firing for 16 minutes.
• #767 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 03:41
• “Deorbit burn complete and nominal. Nose cone closure initiated.”

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• #768 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 03:45
• https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1698542500192112924
  
  

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  Dragon’s deorbit burn is complete and its nosecone is closed. Splashdown in ~33 minutes
• #769 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 03:48
• Live stream is currently mostly shots of Mission Control.
  
  You can see lava lamps that were mentioned earlier on the broadcast!

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• #770 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 04:00
• 5 mins to predicted comms blackout

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• #771 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 04:05
• Blackout started as expected at 04:04 UTC
• #772 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 04:08
• twitter.com/wapodavenport/status/1698544139392958895
  
  

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  Dude in SpaceX Mission Control appears to be wearing a tie during Crew-6 return. I dig it.

  
  https://twitter.com/spaceabhi/status/1698545954700636636
  
  

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  That’s usually the rep from the FAA or, more likely for this mission, the NASA flight doc seat.

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• #773 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 04:09
• First live views of Dragon entry

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• #774 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 04:11
• https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1698549070237745506
  
  

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  WB-57 tally ho with Dragon Endeavour during re-entry.
• #775 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 04:11
• Comms reestablished with the crew!
  
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  https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1698549357350379547
  
  

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  AOS with the crew!

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• #776 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 04:12
• Drogues next

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• #777 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 04:14
• Good drogues

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• #778 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 04:15
• 4 good mains!

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• #779 by FutureSpaceTourist on 04 Sep, 2023 04:17
• https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1698550410464661583
  
  

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  Chutes!