00:01And this view again is from the WB-57. That's one of our high-altitude planes as it continues to
00:08track Dragon ahead of those drogue parachutes being deployed. And shortly after that,
00:15we'll see the main parachutes deployed. But we'll stand by for those drogues to go ahead and get
00:18deployed. We are hearing that Dragon has good pitch and yaw stability. So everything continuing
00:29to go really smoothly, targeting that splashdown at 12.29 a.m. Pacific time, so just about four
00:38minutes or so from now.
00:44Once again, this, oh, there we can see that the drogue parachutes, thanks to that WB-57 views,
00:49drogues are deployed. We can see two good-looking drogues. Oh, this is a great view from inside
00:58the parachute bay where those drogue parachutes will next pull out the main parachutes. And we'll see
01:15those four main parachutes open and inflate. Once again, Dragon is, oh, we can see deployment there
01:31of the four main parachutes. Dragon is doing this autonomously, releasing each set of parachutes. We
01:40can now see those four main parachutes begin to inflate. Pretty incredible to see how, as those main
01:55parachutes inflate, the capsule itself slows down even more significantly.
02:00Main chute descent rate nominal.
02:05Copy. Nominal descent rate 1,000 meters.
02:10Copy, 1,000.
02:12We will continue to hear call-outs from Commander Matt Dominick of the distance from the water.
02:21Those parachutes really doing their job now, as you mentioned, Kate, starting to slow the
02:25spacecraft down even more and more. By the time the crew actually does splash down in the water,
02:30they'll be going about 15, 16 miles per hour. So those parachutes really taking on that air to slow
02:37down the spacecraft.
02:39800 meters.
02:40Copy, 800.
02:46Like you said, Commander Matt Dominick will continue to report altitude every 200 meters.
02:53So we just heard the 800-meter call-out.
03:02And we also heard that the descent rate was nominal or as expected. Another good call-
03:07600 meters.
03:08Good call-out there.
03:09Copy, 600.
03:28Continuing to get great views from the WB-57 as crew 8 is nearing splashdown.
03:34400 meters.
03:36Copy, 400.
03:40400.
04:02200 meters, bracing.
04:06Copy, 200 and braced.
04:10At this point in time, the seats in Dragon have rotated a little bit to help provide a more
04:19comfortable and safer bodily orientation for the crew members as they come closer to splashdown.
04:34Like we said before, the capsule's going about 15 or 16 miles per hour.
04:41And splashdown.
04:48And Endeavor, we see the same. On behalf of SpaceX, welcome home.
04:56And as you can see on your screen, we do have visual confirmation.
05:00And that's what an incredible hot ride.
05:09Again, we do have visual confirmation of crew 8 successfully splashing down after 235 days in space.
05:17They are now back on Earth.
05:19Dragon Endeavor has returned home and NASA astronauts Matt Dominic, Mike Barrett, Anjana Epps,
05:26and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gurbankin are back on Earth after an approximately 34-hour return journey from space.
05:34As you can see, SpaceX's recovery ship and team have been waiting for Dragon Splashdown.
05:40And they're now making their way to the splashdown location.
05:44Teams have been ready and waiting about three nautical miles away.
05:48So it's going to take about 30 minutes for them to make their way to Matthew, Michael, Jeanette, and Alexander.
05:55They're inside Dragon.
05:58We can see there the recovery lights shining some light onto the Dragon capsule.
06:04Now, immediately after splashdown, the Dragon capsule automatically cuts the lines.
06:11SpaceX, we share water.
06:12Operating flight control state.
06:18SpaceX copies.
06:19We see the same.
06:22So that was just Commander Matt Dominic reporting the orientation in which Dragon is now in,
06:28which we see there on your screen.
06:30Like I mentioned before, the Dragon capsule automatically cuts...
06:35...stable one.
06:40Copy and concur.
06:41Stable one.
06:44Dragon automatically cuts the lines to the parachutes.
06:48So we will see some of the recovery team in the fast boats, which are now approaching the splashdown site.
06:56We'll see a couple of those boats divert over to where the parachutes landed as we will retrieve those from
07:02the water.
07:04We will also see a fast boat approach the Dragon capsule.
07:09That team is responsible for making sure that there are no remaining hypergolic residue on the capsule after it has
07:22spent significant time in space.
07:25Those hypergolic propellants are what are used to maneuver Dragon on orbit, and they are toxic to people here on
07:34Earth.
07:35And so we want to make sure that the recovery team is safe.
07:38So we'll see that fast boat approach and perform initial safety checks to make sure there are no hypergolic residuals
07:47there on the exterior of the capsule.
07:49We'll then see that team begin to rig up the Dragon capsule with some fittings, some straps,
07:56that will ultimately be utilized to lift the capsule on board our recovery vessel, Megan.
08:04And we did have a good view there just a minute ago, and you can kind of see it here.
08:09The water is almost mirror-like.
08:12It's quite, quite smooth.
08:14Very beautiful weather there off the coast of Pensacola for these recovery operations.
08:19So as you mentioned, they are going to begin to assess capsule safety.
08:23Very beautiful weather.
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