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SpaceX Dragon With Crew-8 Returns To Earth After 235 Days In Space
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31/12/2024
SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps all with NASA and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.
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And this view again is from the WB-57, that's one of our high altitude planes as it continues
00:07
to track Dragon ahead of those drogue parachutes being deployed and shortly after that we'll
00:15
see the main parachutes deployed, but we'll stand by for those drogues to go ahead and
00:18
get deployed.
00:24
We are hearing that Dragon has good pitch and yaw stability, so everything continuing
00:29
to go really smoothly, targeting that splashdown at 1229 a.m. pacific time, so just about four
00:38
minutes or so from now.
00:44
Once again this, oh there we can see that the drogue parachutes, thanks to that WB-57
00:49
views, drogues are deployed.
00:54
We can see two good-looking drogues, this is a great view from inside the parachute
01:00
bay where those drogue parachutes, those drogue chutes will next pull out the main parachutes
01:14
and we'll see those four main parachutes open and inflate.
01:29
Once again Dragon is, oh we can see deployment there of the four main parachutes, Dragon
01:34
is doing this autonomously, releasing each set of parachutes, we can now see those four
01:42
main parachutes begin to inflate.
01:52
Pretty incredible to see how as those main parachutes inflate, the capsule itself slows
01:59
down even more significantly.
02:00
Main chute descent rate nominal.
02:06
Copy nominal descent rate 1000 meters.
02:11
Copy 1000.
02:13
We will continue to hear callouts from Commander Matt Dominick of the distance from the water.
02:21
Those parachutes really doing their job now, as you mentioned Kate, starting to slow the
02:25
spacecraft down even more and more by the time the crew actually does splashdown in
02:30
the water, they'll be going about 15-16 miles per hour, so those parachutes really taking
02:36
on that air to slow down the spacecraft.
02:39
800 meters.
02:41
Copy 800.
02:46
Like you said, Commander Matt Dominick will continue to report altitude every 200 meters,
02:54
so we just heard the 800 meter callout.
03:02
And we also heard that the descent rate was nominal or as expected, another good callout.
03:08
Good callout there.
03:09
Copy 600.
03:27
Continuing to get great views from the WB-57 as Crew 8 is nearing splashdown.
03:34
400 meters.
03:37
Copy 400.
04:02
200 meters, bracing.
04:06
Copy 200 and braced.
04:11
At this point in time, the seats in Dragon have rotated a little bit to help provide
04:18
a more comfortable and safer bodily orientation for the crew members as they come closer to
04:27
splashdown.
04:28
Like we said before, the capsule is going about 15 or 16 miles per hour.
04:40
And splashdown.
04:48
And Endeavour, we see the same.
04:50
On behalf of SpaceX, welcome home.
04:53
And as you can see on your screen, we do have visual confirmation.
05:00
What an incredible ride.
05:09
Again, we do have visual confirmation of Crew 8 successfully splashing down after 235 days
05:15
in space.
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They are now back on Earth.
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Dragon Endeavour has returned home and NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barrett and
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Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gerbanken are back on Earth after an approximately
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34-hour return journey from space.
05:34
As you can see, SpaceX recovery ship and team have been waiting for Dragon splashdown and
05:40
they're now making their way to the splashdown location.
05:44
Teams have been ready and waiting about three nautical miles away, so it's going to take
05:48
about 30 minutes for them to make their way to Matthew, Michael, Jeanette and Alexander.
05:55
They're inside Dragon.
05:58
We can see there the recovery lights shining some light onto the Dragon capsule.
06:04
Now, immediately after splashdown, the Dragon capsule automatically cuts the lines.
06:18
SpaceX copies, we see the same.
06:22
That was just Commander Matt Dominick reporting the orientation in which Dragon is now in,
06:28
which we see there on your screen.
06:30
Like I mentioned before, the Dragon capsule automatically cuts.
06:40
Copy and concur, stable one.
06:43
Dragon automatically cuts the lines to the parachutes, so we will see some of the recovery
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team in the fast boats, which are now approaching the splashdown site.
06:54
We'll see a couple of those boats divert over to where the parachutes landed as we will
07:00
retrieve those from the water.
07:02
We will also see a fast boat approach the Dragon capsule.
07:09
That team is responsible for making sure that there are no remaining hypergolic residue
07:18
on the capsule after it has spent significant time in space.
07:23
Those hypergolic propellants are what are used to maneuver Dragon on orbit, and they
07:30
are toxic to people here on Earth.
07:35
We want to make sure that the recovery team is safe, so we'll see that fast boat approach
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and perform initial safety checks to make sure there are no hypergolic residuals there
07:46
on the exterior of the capsule.
07:48
We'll then see that team begin to rig up the Dragon capsule with some fittings, some
07:55
straps that will ultimately be utilized to lift the capsule on board our recovery vessel,
08:01
Megan.
08:04
And we did have a good view there just a minute ago, and you can kind of see it here.
08:09
The water is almost mirror-like.
08:11
It's quite, quite smooth.
08:13
Very beautiful weather there off the coast of Pensacola for these recovery operations.
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So, as you mentioned, they are going to begin to assess capsule safety.
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