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Home / News / Science News / SpaceX is bringing NASA astronauts back: How to watch live
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    SpaceX is bringing NASA astronauts back: How to watch live

    Shubham Sharma
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    Last updated on Aug 02, 2020, 12:08 pm
    SpaceX is bringing NASA astronauts back: How to watch live
  • SpaceX has moved into the final phase of the "Launch America" mission - bringing NASA astronauts safely back to Earth in its Crew Dragon capsule.

    The spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) a few hours ago and is now gliding in orbit, inching closer to a fiery re-entry and grand splashdown.

    Here is all you need to know about it.

  • In this article
    Undocking from the space station Long wait in space and descent preparations De-orbiting and fiery re-entry Finally, the splashdown Dragon should be home by 12:18 am How to watch the return?
  • Phase 1

    Undocking from the space station

    Undocking from the space station
  • In the early hours of Sunday, at around 5:04 am IST, SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour separated from the space station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard.

    The hooks locking Endeavour retracted, following which the spacecraft autonomously did two quick thruster burns to back away from the orbiting lab and another four to begin its orbital journey home.

  • Phase 2

    Long wait in space and descent preparations

    Long wait in space and descent preparations
  • A few hours into the journey, Dragon will perform one phasing engine burn to put itself on the path towards the targeted landing zone.

    After that, the astronauts will have to wait/sleep for about 16 hours as the craft is slated to begin its descent at 11:19 pm IST on Sunday.

    Before that, Dragon will also jettison its trunk to lose some unnecessary weight.

  • Phase 3

    De-orbiting and fiery re-entry

    De-orbiting and fiery re-entry
  • Around 11:19 pm IST, Crew Dragon will perform the final deorbit burn to begin the journey to the ground.

    This is the most harrowing part as while falling through Earth's atmosphere at 28,000+ km/hr, the capsule experiences temperatures up to 1,900 degrees Celsius.

    The heat-shield protects, but the conditions are so extreme that communications with the crew can go out for nearly six minutes.

  • Phase 4

    Finally, the splashdown

    Finally, the splashdown
  • As the craft falls down to ground bearing extreme heat, the atmosphere slows its speed.

    At about 18,000 feet, Dragon will deploy two drogue parachute to slow itself down from 560 km/hr to 190 km/hr, and at about 6,000 feet, it will deploy four main ones to further slow down and splash down safely at one the targeted sites off the coast of Florida.

  • Information

    Dragon should be home by 12:18 am

  • If all goes according to the plan, Crew Dragon will be on the ground by 12:18 am IST, Monday, wrapping up the first-ever manned space launch from the American soil in nine years.

  • Return

    How to watch the return?

  • The coverage of the astronauts' return journey has begun and is live on SpaceX and NASA TV.

    You can follow along the journey and any possible changes to it due to bad weather conditions by watching it live or can tune in at about 11:19 pm IST when the descent to the ground is about to begin.

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