Endeavour splashes down successfully
UPDATE: Endeavour has successfully splashed down, and crews are approaching to recover the capsule.
This by the way completes Endeavour’s third manned flight into space.
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The SpaceX capsule Endeavour, carrying Axiom’s first commercial passengers, undocked with ISS last night and is scheduled to splashdown off the coast of Florida shortly.
I have embedded the live stream below, scheduled to begin shortly.
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UPDATE: Endeavour has successfully splashed down, and crews are approaching to recover the capsule.
This by the way completes Endeavour’s third manned flight into space.
Original post:
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The SpaceX capsule Endeavour, carrying Axiom’s first commercial passengers, undocked with ISS last night and is scheduled to splashdown off the coast of Florida shortly.
I have embedded the live stream below, scheduled to begin shortly.
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As a point of curiosity I wonder how the Apollo program dealt with this kind of contingency. I’ve never heard the point discussed but they must have considered the issue as those guys had no choice but to land no matter the weather.
Michael – Apollo had recovery fleets scattered across the oceans of the world. Here is the list of US Navy ships arrayed around the worlds the oceans of the world supporting the Apollo 8 mission:
USS Yorktown (Prime Recovery Ship)
Secondary Recovery Ships:
USS Arlington
USS Chipola
USS Chuckawan
USS Cochrane
USS Francis Marion
USS Guadalcanal
USS Nicholas
USS Rankin
USS Rupertus
USS Salinan
USS Sandoval
Bad weather in the Atlantic? Land in another site in the Atlantic. Don’t like that one? Land in one of three landing areas in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
SpaceX has one recovery ship and a few RHIBS.
I would like to see Space X try a solid ground landing with a cargo capsule. If they can start doing that them they obviously can land people safely.