– Recovery boats have arrived near the Crew Dragon capsule to recover the Ax-4 crew!
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Group Capt Shubhanshu Shukla and the Axiom-4 crew are back on Earth!!
The Crew Dragon ‘Grace’ capsule has successfully splashed down gently in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California!
– Main chutes deployed on Dragon!
Axiom-4 is moments away from splashing down gently in the Pacific Ocean!
– Drogue chutes deployed on Dragon!
These will slow the vehicle down to about 190 km/h for main chute deployment.
– Crew Dragon is now re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere!
During re-entry, Dragon’s heatshield will experience temperatures upto 1,900Β°C and it’ll slow down from ~28,800 km/h to ~560 km/h prior to drogue chute deployment.
– In about an hour from now, Group Capt Shubhanshu Shukla and the Axiom-4 crew will enter the final phase of their return to Earth
The Crew Dragon capsule will re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere at nearly 8 km/s, withstanding extreme temperatures, followed by deployment of the 2 drogue chutes, and finally the deployment of the 4 main chutes which will bring the vehicle to a soft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California:
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Crew Dragon capsule re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere and successfully splashed down gently in the Pacific Ocean
– Recovery boats have arrived near the Crew Dragon capsule to recover the Ax-4 crew! – π¦π£πππ¦πππ’πͺπ‘ Group Capt Shubhanshu Shukla and the Axiom-4 crew are back on Earth!! The Crew Dragon ‘Grace’ capsule has successfully splashed down gently in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California! – Main chutes deployed on Dragon! Axiom-4…
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