Updates SpaceX Falcon 9 F2 updates

[IronRain]

about 15 minutes away from splashdown...

 

[Urwumpe]

Did they ever find the first stage?

Finding yes, the stage was located during descent. Nothing new since then.

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Drogues are deployed

 

[Axertan]

Spaceflight Now

"1848 GMT (1:48 p.m. EST)
Dragon should be falling through the atmosphere right now, with temperatures outside the spacecraft reaching more than 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

SpaceX is managing two simultaneous recovery operations off both coasts of the United States this afternoon. NASA's shuttle solid rocket booster retrieval ships are stationed several hundred miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., in an attempt to pick up the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage, which is designed to return to Earth intact.

Another group of recovery personnel are located in the Pacific Ocean 500 miles west of northern Mexico to retrieve the Dragon capsule."

 

[SiberianTiger]

Parachutes deployed!

 

[Kyle]

Cmon Dragon!!! Almost home!!!

 

[jinglesassy]

Now if only i could view the webcast.

 

[Urwumpe]

Splashdown!

 

[IronRain]

Dragon is home!

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NASA TV will air a post-mission news conference on the Falcon 9 / Dragon mission at 2:30 PM CST (No idea what the UTC time is....)

 

[Lucy]

Assuming my calculations are correct that would be 19:30 UTC.

Edit: My calculations were not correct. It's 20:30 UTC.

 

[Fabri91]

Congratulations to SpaceX!

 

[Axertan]

(...)NASA TV will air a post-mission news conference on the Falcon 9 / Dragon mission at 2:30 PM CST (No idea what the UTC time is....)

CST = UTC - 6 hours
http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/cst.html

Which means if my math is right 20:30 UTC.

 

[jinglesassy]

SpaceX paving the way to the future today.

 

[SiberianTiger]

My congratulations to SpaceX people! :thumbup:

 

[Jarvitä]

By will of the , eternal glory to SpaceX!

 

[N_Molson]

Nice flight, first US capsule in space since the reentry of ASTP (1975)

 

[Izack]

Congratulations to SpaceX!

 

[Star Voyager]

From Patrick AFB:

http://www.patrick.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123233996

 

[silent_protagonist]

Nice flight, first US capsule in space since the reentry of ASTP (1975)

And the first orbital test flight of a (potentially) manned spacecraft by anybody since Buran in 1988 We're finally moving past the shuttle era and actually flying new hardware for manned spaceflight.

Congrats Spacex and keep em' coming!

 

[N_Molson]

And the first orbital test flight of a (potentially) manned spacecraft by anybody since Buran in 1988 We're finally moving past the shuttle era and actually flying new hardware for manned spaceflight.

You forget Shenzou

 

[Jarvitä]

And the first orbital test flight of a (potentially) manned spacecraft by anybody since Buran in 1988 We're finally moving past the shuttle era and actually flying new hardware for manned spaceflight.

Congrats Spacex and keep em' coming!

The Chinese don't count? Also, the ATV counts as "potentially manned", I believe.