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SpaceX Dragon Splashdown Live Thread (ISS Departure: 6:00 AM EDT, Splashdown 11:42 AM EDT)
05/30/12
| Kevin Davis
Posted on 05/30/2012 6:31:00 PM PDT by KevinDavis
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To: hoagy62
Burn complete, splashdown in about 40 minutes.
/johnny
To: hoagy62
Everything is looking good so far...
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:05:34 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Almost forgot...
Jack Hydrazine checking in!!!
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:06:29 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: hoagy62
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2012
1513 GMT (11:13 a.m. EDT)
SpaceX has confirmed a good separation of Dragon's trunk section as the craft descends back toward Earth. The disposable trunk is designed to burn up in the atmosphere, while the capsule carries a heat shield to survive re-entry.
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2012
1520 GMT (11:20 a.m. EDT)
Dragon should encounter the upper reaches of the atmosphere - a point known as entry interface - at 11:25 a.m. EDT (1525 GMT). Officials expect a communications blackout from 10:27 a.m. to 10:33 a.m. EDT, followed by deployment of the capsule's parachutes beginning at 10:35 a.m. EDT.
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2012
1525 GMT (11:25 a.m. EDT)
The spacecraft should now be flying through the upper reaches of the atmosphere at entry interface over the Pacific Ocean south of Alaska.
Dragon will be bringing home more cargo that it took up.
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
Dragon sighted by infrared camera!
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:33:16 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
first set of chutes deployed. 8 mins. to splash.
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:35:45 AM PDT
by
alancarp
(Liberals are all for shared pain... until they're included in the pain group.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:35:45 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:36:04 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: hoagy62
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:37:16 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: alancarp
116 ft. main chutes are out.
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:37:21 AM PDT
by
alancarp
(Liberals are all for shared pain... until they're included in the pain group.)
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
I see main chutes! All 3 good!
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
This is a throwback - hadn’t seen a live splashdown since... the skylab missions, I suppose.
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:38:56 AM PDT
by
alancarp
(Liberals are all for shared pain... until they're included in the pain group.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
SPLASHDOWN! The Dragon has returned to the lair!
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:42:25 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: alancarp
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:42:47 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Curious... it happened 2 mins. prior to their countdown clock.
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:44:29 AM PDT
by
alancarp
(Liberals are all for shared pain... until they're included in the pain group.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
To: Jack Hydrazine
Woohoo! Not done yet though.. Recovery pending
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
What's funny is that for the Apollo missions, recovery consisted of a host of Naval vessels. This craft (albeit unmanned)? A barge.
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posted on
05/31/2012 8:47:59 AM PDT
by
alancarp
(Liberals are all for shared pain... until they're included in the pain group.)
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