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Correction on splashdown nearer to 1:45UTC video from support aircraft showing Dragon re-entry.

Some snips from today's action. amsl is the acronym for Above Mean Sea Level:



Looking at the two objects, Dragon is the bright object to the upper right of center and the darker object directly above it is the beginnings of the drogue chute opening.

Beginning to get video from the recovery ship backing towards Dragon. about 100yds away.

Hopefully we are, there are a few more tests before Crew Dragon is cleared to fly on a regular basis; I stand with guarded caution.

Here's two more snips of the recovery process



I have a large video of the whole process from this point to the epilogue of the reporters and the final shot of Dragon sitting on the deck of the recovery ship, I'll post it if/when I get it processed. It might be too big to post here (13':14") so I'll have to link to my YT account. Stay tuned.

Anak said:

I have a large video of the whole process from this point to the epilogue of the reporters and the final shot of Dragon sitting on the deck of the recovery ship, I'll post it if/when I get it processed. It might be too big to post here (13':14") so I'll have to link to my YT account. Stay tuned.

Unfortunately my video would not process. I don't know if it was the size 4GB or the encoding but I tried .avi, .wmv and .mp4 . Youtube would d/l'd it and try to process it but the processing failed every time.

I did find this from NASA Live on YT. It's 2:26:41and the recovery start's at 1:58:16 to the end. Lifting onto the recovery ship starts at 2:20:30. At that point they are reeling Dragon closer before using the swing arm.

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The team has identified a video transmitter 13dB down with low performance. It's not an issue for flight, but we want to understand why, so we're waiving off for the day. We'll assess and advise a new target lift-off time soon.