View Full Version : SpaceX Dragon splashdown ... 'Thnx for Flying SpaceX'
Space X Dragon Test splashdown scheduled at 2:48p ET in the Gulf of Mexico, off Pensacola. God Speed Bob and Doug!
De-orbit burn for 11:22 has begun
Burn complete, and the nose cone retracted. So basically... committed to Splashdown.
Loss of Signal in progress. Should be seeing chutes soon.
crazed 9.6
08-02-2020, 06:42 PM
This is NASA'S (along with SpaceX) first splash down in over 40 years.
It's historic !
Save journey Bob and Doug !
crazed 9.6
08-02-2020, 06:49 PM
Splash Down!
so cool !!
lol.. thnx for flying SpaceX :)
"Thanks for flying Space-X" (lol)
It will be about an hour for Bob and Doug to get out, as they have to load the capsule onboard the recovery vessel. This was awesome.
Still waiting for the capsule to be opened. They are venting trace vapors from the service section of the dragon capsule, but none seen inside the inhabited capsule.
Finally, both Bob and Doug are out, Doug as the commander was the last one out.
crazed 9.6
08-03-2020, 12:46 AM
Welcome Home Bob and Doug after Historic NASA/SpaceX Flight !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEF3HsF2mnY
@ about 12:00 into the video is the start.
@ about 24:30 is the NASA spokes person.
@ about 30:45 is Elon Musk speaking.
Next is a man'd mission to the Moon and set up a base on the Moon. Then next onto a man'd mission to Mars.
Nasa had sent a mission to Mars just the other day. They launched a Rocket with a Mars Rover onboard and also for the first time there is a Drone Aircraft onboard with the Rover.
They did not use a SpaceX built Falcon Rocket for that trip thou, but instead they used a two-stage Atlas V-541 launch vehicle.
The vehicle was provided by United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp.
NASA spokes person said today that they have the biggest budget that they have ever had and missions will be going forward.
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