SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule returned to Earth and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean Friday morning after a five-day stay at the International Space Station.
In this image taken from NASA Television, SpaceX's new crew capsule, above, takes off after undocking from the International Space Station, right, Friday, March 8, 2019.
The hatch of the capsule, which did not have a crew aboard, closed on Thursday at 12:39 p.m. EST. The capsule then undocked from the International Space Station at 2:32 a.m. EST Friday after a five-day stay. About five hours later, after a 15-minute de-orbit burn, the Crew Dragon capsule floated down into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida at 8:45 a.m. EST, buoyed first by two drogue parachutes and then by four main parachutes.
Musk had described the capsule’s reentry as “probably my biggest concern” because the Crew Dragon’s emergency escape thrusters are embedded in the capsule’s side, making the vessel less smooth than SpaceX’s cargo capsule. That design difference could “potentially cause a roll instability on reentry,” Musk said during a post-launch news conference last week.
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