Is converging. S there are three gps units that are being used. That helps along with the pressure sensors. Give a solid altitude to the henght computers on w these are supposed to deploy. We are standing by for the deployments. We should be under five minutes away from splashdown. Testing 15 kilometers. Captain. We are braced. Just about 14 kilometers in altitude. Continuing to descend. On your screen, we have a shot of the capsule as it is preparing to deploy the initial parachutes. Help, these parachutes slow the vehicle down even further and help stabilize in preparation for main chute deployment. What about now, the capsule is going about 400 miles per hour. Decelerating quickly. And, standing by for drug deploys for deploys. On your screen, we have confirmation of the deployments. Theiry are going to do slowing and stabilizing of the dragon spacecraft. They should be detaching in a few moments. Then we will see four parachutes, the main parachutes deployed. Descent rate nominal.
To earth courtesy of nasa tv. Nasasng to you from Johnson Space center. Bob behnken and doug hurley spent nine weeks aboard the International Space station traveling 27. 1 million miles an orbiting earth over 1024 times. As of today, our crew is home. 45 years and nine days after the last american splashed down on earth. Our two favorite space dads splashed down on the coast of pensacola thus concluding our first lunch America Mission first lunch America Mission. It marks the first return of american spacecraft from the International Space station. To discuss the mission and talk are ourunch america brief first. First, nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine. President and ceo of spacex. Steve stich, commercial program manager. The International Space Station Program manager and the entire crew of spacex crew one. Mike hopkins, victor glover, Shayna Walker who are quarantined together and speaking to us today. We will start with opening remarks and take questions from reporters who have dia
Spacecraft, but everything looking good. We are five minutes into the de orbit burn. The dragon was flying 260 statute miles off the coast of australia. During this burn we heard a call we are halfway through and everything is looking great. Dougg this burn bob and are currently monitoring the de orbit tool which captures the reentry interface, how much distance remains before the burn itself is terminated, they are monitoring burn duration and the firing of the draco thrusters located on the forward bulkhead of the capsule. On your screen you can see what bob and doug are seeing. On the left and right of the Center Screen is the de orbit monitoring tool. Just past seven minutes into overurn and a little four minutes to go. Continuing to be on track for our splashdown. At splashdown time is right 11 48 a. M. And 24 seconds pacific. Is 18 48 universal. We are through the major steps to initiate reentry, the trunk burn hasthe deorbit begun. We have three and a half minutes remaining. On
Again, now, were expecting 20 minutes for the for the main recovery vessel to go navigator to reach dragon. By that point the rigging will be fixed and they use at frame lift on the back and the end of dragon up out of the water. They got them climbing around and getting that fixed. Still doing good from all of their reports and were going to see the vessel continue to close in. It is 1. 3 nautical miles still away. You see things sharpen up as it does draw up closer. One thing i didnt get to mention as the sequence was happening, everything was going so quickly, just before the drove deployment, the seats rotated to 25 degrees and if you think of bob and doug while they were still on orbit and during the orbit burn and departure burns, they were laying closer to on their backs and they were essentially looking up at the tap. They were at the top of the nose cone. Now the seats would be rotated and theyre in more upright position and thats done to insure that the load is experienced fr
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 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 t