SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-7 : KSC LC-39A : 26 August 2023 (07:27 UTC)

• #560 by catdlr on 11 Mar, 2024 21:35
• https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1767313428295614705
  
  

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  Megan has now arrived at the Crew-7 splashdown site near Pensacola. Splashdown is set for 5:50am ET on Tuesday morning
• #561 by catdlr on 11 Mar, 2024 22:03
• https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1767307660817244326
  
  

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  For these operations, the United States Coast Guard, in coordination with SpaceX and NASA, establishes a safety zone to ensure public safety and for the safety of those involved in the recovery operations, as well as the crew onboard the returning spacecraft. Multiple notices are issued to the Mariners in advance and during recovery operations, and Coast Guard patrol assets may be deployed to discourage boaters from entering the splashdown zones.
  
  We want to stress to the public the need to respect this safety zone. Recovering a spacecraft from the water is a hazardous operation and any other boats interfering increases risk to the astronauts in the capsule, the teams working to recover them from the water, and the safety of those that come too close.
  
  For the safety of the crew, and your safety, we recommend you sit back and watch on NASA TV and the SpaceX webcast as we'll be bringing you the best possible views of our astronauts homecoming.
  2:52 PM · Mar 11, 2024
  
• #562 by Targeteer on 12 Mar, 2024 03:46
• Crew is awake and I think I heard Jaws say they were starting fluid loading.
• #563 by Targeteer on 12 Mar, 2024 03:51
• Rob Navias on audio duty
• #564 by ChrisC on 12 Mar, 2024 04:42
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  Crew is awake and I think I heard Jaws say they were starting fluid loading.
  Rob Navias on audio duty

  
  Targeteer, is that the ISS audio feed that can be heard here? (I haven't heard anything yet) https://youtube.com/watch?v=jPTD2gnZFUw
• #565 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 06:58
• https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1767459666118811996
  
  

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  Crew 7: Good morning; Crew 7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA flier Satoshi Furukawa and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov are now 1 hour from the deorbit burn designed to put the ship on a trajectory toward splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.

  
  https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1767459755998490751
  
  

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  Crew 7: The burn is expected to begin around 4:56am EDT (0856 UTC), slowing the ship by about 212 mph, just enough to drop the far side of the orbit into the discernible atmosphere for a NW-to-SE descent across the heartland of America

  
  https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1767460419709350328
  
  

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  Crew 7: With good weather in the Gulf, splashdown is expected at 5:47am (0947 UTC), closing out a 199-day 2-hour mission spanning 3,184 orbits and 84.4 million miles
• #566 by Oersted on 12 Mar, 2024 07:16
• Quote from: Targeteer on 12 Mar, 2024 03:46

  Crew is awake and I think I heard Jaws say they were starting fluid loading.
  

  
  When I wake up I am usually more concerned with fluid offloading. I guess astronauts are a special breed.
• #567 by catdlr on 12 Mar, 2024 07:43
• https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1767468204404982071
  
  

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  Watch Dragon and Crew-7 return to Earth
• #568 by catdlr on 12 Mar, 2024 07:44
• https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1767468966556107200
  
  

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  After Dragon reenters Earth's atmosphere, the spacecraft will fly over the United States ahead of splashing down near Pensacola, FL at ~5:47 a.m. ET

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• #569 by catdlr on 12 Mar, 2024 07:45
• NASA TV
  
• #570 by centaurinasa on 12 Mar, 2024 07:51
• Dragon in attitude for Trunk sep.
  Umbilical "claw" retraction (with cables and pipes connecting trunk and capsule for energy,  thermal regulation,...)
• #571 by centaurinasa on 12 Mar, 2024 07:52
• Capsule and trunk separation (during handover satellite)

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• #572 by centaurinasa on 12 Mar, 2024 07:55
• 1st view inside the cabin.

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• #573 by centaurinasa on 12 Mar, 2024 07:57
• Dragon attitude change for the burn.
  Deorbit Burn (about 14 mn retrograde burn)

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• #574 by centaurinasa on 12 Mar, 2024 07:59
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  Crew 7: The deorbit burn is underway; this is a planned 13.5-minute burn by the Crew Dragon's forward Draco thrusters that will change the spacecraft's velocity by about 95 meters per second, or ~212 mph

  
  https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1767474913231647055
• #575 by centaurinasa on 12 Mar, 2024 08:10
• Deorbit burn complete. and nominal
• #576 by centaurinasa on 12 Mar, 2024 08:11
• Initiation of Nose cone closure.

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• #577 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 08:12
• https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1767478312903819370
  
  

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  Crew 7: The deorbit burn is complete; SpaceX reports good performance; the Crew Dragon nose cone is closing for re-entry
• #578 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 08:14
• https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1767479126083207359
  
  

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  Dragon’s deorbit burn is complete and its nosecone is closed. Splashdown in ~34 minutes
• #579 by centaurinasa on 12 Mar, 2024 08:14
• Nose cone hooks closed.