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

• #620 by centaurinasa on 12 Mar, 2024 09:50
• Next on NASA TV.
  Tuesday, March 12
  7 a.m. — Media teleconference on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 return to Earth.
• #621 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 10:02
• #622 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 10:04
• https://twitter.com/sausseimages/status/1767501838524231983
  
  

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  Crew 7's reentry seen from New Orleans, LA.
  
  Taken from the western shore of the Mighty Mississippi River in Gretna.
• #623 by Yellowstone10 on 12 Mar, 2024 10:08
• 5:47:44 is the official to-the-second landing time, per the teleconference.
• #624 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 10:20
• Return and recovery highlights:
  
  
  
  
• #625 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 10:29
• https://twitter.com/stuck4ger/status/1767512953920671842
  
  

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  My sister captured the @SpaceX #CrewDragon capsule reentry early this morning from our hometown, Salina, KS.
• #626 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 10:34
• NASA photos from flickr

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• #627 by Yellowstone10 on 12 Mar, 2024 11:46
• Flight RAP701, the Super Puma carrying the astronauts, landed back at Pensacola about 5 minutes ago.
• #628 by Yellowstone10 on 12 Mar, 2024 13:52
• NASA5, operated by Gulfstream G-V N95NA, is airborne out of Pensacola heading back to Ellington Field in Houston.
• #629 by Yellowstone10 on 12 Mar, 2024 15:22
• The astronauts' flight has landed back in Houston.
• #630 by zubenelgenubi on 12 Mar, 2024 15:39
• Congratulations to the entire reentry team!❗️👏🌟
  
  Thank you, centaurinasa, catdlr, and FST for the live thread coverage! 🥳👍🙌
• #631 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 16:42
• A selection of more NASA photos from flickr

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• #632 by Yellowstone10 on 12 Mar, 2024 16:58
• Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 16:42

  A selection of more NASA photos from flickr
  

  
  Third from the top there is probably the best picture I've seen of the recovery technician jumping off into the water.
• #633 by ChrisC on 12 Mar, 2024 18:24
• FYI, I am collecting information about how to see (and hear!) a Dragon return in this new thread:
  
  SpaceX Dragon Re-Entry Viewing
  https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=60517
  
  If anyone here lives in the southeast US, and saw this return, or any other for that matter, I'd appreciate your report in that thread.  Thanks!
• #634 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 18:49
• https://twitter.com/nasa_johnson/status/1767638557433167998
  
  

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  Welcome home, #Crew7! 🌎

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• #635 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Mar, 2024 20:18
• #636 by FutureSpaceTourist on 15 Mar, 2024 16:31
• https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1768691129334325592
  
  

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  Dragon recovery ship Megan is sailing up the coastline towards Port Canaveral with the Crew-7 Dragon, following splashdown earlier this week. Hopefully arriving later this afternoon/evening.
• #637 by John_Marshall on 15 Mar, 2024 18:04
• I know it often comes out right after a Crew Dragon returns what its next flight will be--has that come out for Endurance yet? It seems like it would either be Crew-9 or AX-4, but I haven't seen.
• #638 by FutureSpaceTourist on 15 Mar, 2024 23:53
• https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1768802589204709875
  
  

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  Arrival! Dragon recovery ship Megan delivers the Crew-7 Dragon Endurance back to Cape Canaveral for processing, following Tuesday's splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. 🎥 nsf.live/spacecoast
• #639 by Oersted on 16 Mar, 2024 09:20
• I love that the SpaceX Dragon recovery ships aren't over-sized but just right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_(ship)
  - Clearly in use by a cost-conscious organisation.
  
  It always looked a bit exaggerated to have capsules recovered by aircraft carriers.
  
  These little boats are just right for the job.