Updates SpaceX Falcon 9 F5 CRS SpX-2 through CRS SpX-12 Updates

[mojoey]

Skeee-rrrrrrFOOOOOSH! :lol:

Skreee-

"And we have lif..toff? Oh nope, cut off.

 

[Kyle]

Couldn't find anything, sorry.

Scratch that, they've moved the EE to inspect the trunk of the Dragon! :tiphat:

 

[Kyle]

Good view of the Dragon backdropped with Earth!

 

[orb]

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/statuses/315138863825817600

Unberthing postponed. New date TBA.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/statuses/315138863825817600

Unberthing postponed. New date TBA.

Update:

UPDATE: SpaceX's Dragon (CRS-2/SpX-2) unberthing delayed due to high seas in the splashdown zone. March 26 or April 1 being evaluated.

 

[orb]

NASASpaceflight: CRS-2 Dragon homecoming delayed due to high seas in the splashdown zone

 

[orb]

NASA: MEDIA ADVISORY : M13-051 - SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Carrying NASA Cargo Ready for Return to Earth:

WASHINGTON -- More than three weeks after arriving at the International Space Station, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft is ready for the trip back to Earth, now scheduled for Tuesday, March 26.

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NASA Television will provide coverage of Dragon's departure beginning at 4 a.m. EDT.

Dragon is scheduled to be detached from the Earth-facing side of the station's Harmony module and unberthed by Expedition 35 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn. Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency will back-up Marshburn and monitor Dragon's systems during the activity.

Marshburn, working from the robotic work station in the space station's cupola, will maneuver the station's robotic arm for the release of the spacecraft at 7:06 a.m. Dragon will execute three thruster firings to move away from the station to a safe distance for its deorbit burn at 11:40 a.m. Dragon will splash down around 12:36 p.m. in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California.

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[Kyle]

The SpaceX webcast page is promising live updates of the landing - we'll see if that includes video as well.

 

[IronRain]

The SpaceX webcast page is promising live updates of the landing - we'll see if that includes video as well.

NASA won't have live coverage of the landing, they will stop the coverage as soon as they lose visual contact.

 

[IronRain]

 

[IronRain]

The robot arm maneuver to pull the Dragon spacecraft away from the space station's berthing port is being commanded by controllers on the ground in Houston. Astronauts Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn will take over control of the arm when it is time to release the spacecraft.

 

[IronRain]

 

[IronRain]

Dragon released!

 

[Kyle]

Dragon has completed the burn and is away!

 

[IronRain]

 

[kerlix]

Trunk Separation

Dragon's deorbit burn has finished, and trunk and solar arrays have separated. They will burn up in the atmosphere while Dragon continues its journey home.

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

 

[Kyle]

Chute deploy!

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Recovery boats report visual on #Dragon!

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@Elon Musk
Recovery ship just heard the sonic booms from Dragon reentry and has data transmission lock.

Telemetry says main parachutes deployed ... now visually confirmed

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Moments away from a nominal EOM.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

SpaceX ‏@SpaceX
SPLASHDOWN! At 9:34am PT, #Dragon splashed down safely in the Pacific. Welcome home!

 

[Kyle]

We've had splashdown! SpaceX has done it again!

 

[orb]

Spaceflight Now: PHOTOS: Dragon capsule returns to port