Hurricane Isaias will not be the only one making a splash on Florida’s space coast this weekend. It is currently a go for splashdown of Crewed Dragon tomorrow. Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will finally return back to Earth after being the first astronauts to launch aboard a commercial crewed vehicle. Hopefully, the weather stays in check for this momentous day. Let’s get to it, here is how you can watch.
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Saturday-August 1st
5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC) Coverage begins
5:35 pm EDT (21:35 UTC) Crew Ingresses
5:45 pm EDT (21:45 UTC) Hatch Closes
7:30 pm EDT (23:30 UTC) Crew Dragon beings undocking from the ISS
7:35 pm EDT (23:35 UTC) Departure Burn
7:45 pm EDT (23:45 UTC) Crew leaves ISS Keep Out Sphere
Then a couple more burns and the crew dragon is on its way back home. Let’s skip to the next group of fun stuff. The Splashdown!
Sunday-August 2nd
UPDATE: Dragon is now landing in Pensacola (yay Hurricane!) so add ~5/10 mins to some of these times
1:45 pm EDT (17:45 UTC) Claw and Trunk Separation (ditching the avionics and thermal systems that were used on orbit so that they can come back)
1:51 pm EDT (17:51 UTC) Deorbit burn begins
2:01 pm EDT (18:01 UTC) Deorbit burn ends
2:25 pm EDT (18:25 UTC) Manuevers to reentry altitude
2:29 pm EDT (18:29 UTC) Communication blackout begins
2:36 pm EDT (18:36 UTC) Communication blackout ends
2:38 pm EDT (18:38 UTC) Parachutes are deployed
2:42 pm EDT (18:42 UTC) Splashdown! [Update 2:48 pm EDT (18:48 UTC)]
As a reminder, there is an actual hurricane that is set to land early tomorrow morning over the space coast. If for some reason that hurricane slows down and lingers into tomorrow afternoon, these events will be rescheduled. I will update here as the go/no go decisions are made.
Happy Exploring!
