It completes its trip to space with people on board for nasa. Joining me is the Nasa Public Affairs officer. It is great to be back here for this historic milestone moment and nasas commercial crew program. Expected toome is last roughly 19 hours. That includes four departure up with burn to line the landing location, and a final burn. The trip home also includes an eight hour sleep period where both crewmembers can get some rest before arrival gone are the tomorrow after a little more than two months in space. Dragon is targeted to splash down off the coast of pensacola florida pensacola, florida at 11 48 pacific time tomorrow followed either crew getting picked up. The Mission Began on may 30 at kennedypad 39a space center and sort of. After a successful launch, the astronauts enjoyed a 14 hour flight on dragon before they came to the International Space station. Bob and doug have been doing real work aboard the station. Captain completed spacewalks and theyve also taken spectacular
Adults theres a poser brawl models get slammed for ignoring precautions. And in formula one not even a blown tire can stop Lewis Hamilton britton lives over the line to claim yet another victory at his home grand prix at silverstone. A moment use of welcome to u. S. Astronauts have splash down in the gulf of mexico on board space x. Is dragon capsule successfully completing the 1st ever privately operated spaceflight space x. And the u. S. Space agency nasa are celebrating the mission which they say will bring the free market to space travel. As were now just about 20 meters off the ocean this is the moment when spy 6 probably went when no. Company has gone before. Flashed out. As you can see on your screen we have visual confirmation for smack down the firms landing capture glides into the gulf of mexico in the control room through tame from space 6 a nasa the u. S. Space agency that contract is it for this mission pretty much complete so. Even after the landing the danger wasnt over
Uses. Actually in the parachute deployment process. As it helps along with the pressure censors really give a solid altitude to the Flight Computers on when these are supposed to deploy. We are standing by for the drogue chute deployment, we are under five minutes away from splash down. Passing 15 kilometers, brace for drogue window. We are braised. Just about 14 kilometres in another tuesday. 8. 4 miles continuing to descent. There on your screen we have a shot of the capsule as it is preparing to deploy the initial parachutes, the drogue parachute. Again, these parachutes help slow the vehicle down. Even further, and help stabilize in preparation for main chute deployment. Right about now the capsule is going about 400 miles per hour. Did he celebrating quickly. And standing by for drogue deploys. Visual two drogues out. There on the screen we have visual confirmation of the two drogue december h deployment. 2 of 2 the drogues now out they will do their slowing and stabilizing of the
Zone. Off the coast of florida near pensacola and there we have our first shot there it is. The first view from the wb57 airplane. It is dipping in and out a little bit. Its going to be an infrared camera showing us dragon reentering. We have that com back with bob and doug, you heard agps is converging. Dragon has 3gps units that it uses. Actually in the parachute deployment process. As it helps along with the pressure censors really give a solid altitude to the Flight Computers on when these are supposed to deploy. We are standing by for the drogue chute deployment, we are under five minutes away from splash down. Passing 15 kilometers, brace for drogue window. We are braised. Just about 14 kilometres in another tuesday. 8. 4 miles continuing to descent. There on your screen we have a shot of the capsule as it is preparing to deploy the initial parachutes, the drogue parachute. Again, these parachutes help slow the vehicle down. Even further, and help stabilize in preparation for mai
Models get slammed for ignoring precautions. Im all made use of welcome to the program to u. S. Astronauts have splash down in the gulf of mexico on board space x. s dragon capsule successfully completing the 1st ever privately operated space flight it was also the 1st splash down landing after a Space Mission since 1975 space x. And the u. S. Space agency nasa are celebrating the mission which they say will bring the free market to space travel. As we are now just about 20 meters off the ocean this is the moment when spy 6 probably went when no company has gone before. Flashed out. As you can see on your screen we have this. Confirmation splashdown the firms landing capsule glides into the gulf of mexico in the control room through tame from space 6 and nasa the u. S. Space agency that contract for this mission is pretty much complete so. Even after the landing the danger wasnt over the dragon capsule weighs over 12000 kilo is docking it and extracting the 2 astronauts inside a delica