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The capsule in the foreground, under construction, will be the first to dock with the ISS.

The white one in the background has returned from her Aug 12 splashdown for inspection.
Here is her action video and photos.

These are the pressurized sections of the conical capsules which look more like the Apollo Command Module when fully equipped.

If successful, the next Falcon9 flight will be the first commercial spacecraft reentry from orbit.

5 responses to “Two SpaceX Dragons”

  1. born1945 Avatar
    born1945

    Cool Video.

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  2. msamaclean © Avatar
    msamaclean ©

    So exciting!!!

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  3. rocketmavericks Avatar
    rocketmavericks

    Turns out SpaceX has the same problem as Mavericks with the Beagle IV. Coincidently, we also have the same team at NASA helping us solve it. Did you see the recovery test last week off Santa Maria coast line?

    Was over at the supersonic wind tunnel last week where testing was going on with re-entry module. Amazing the amount of cooling water that is used to operate the tunnel. There is a huge evaporative cooling system there.

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  4. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    What problem? Did you check the link in the caption?

    Keepin’ it cool…..

    Hopper

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  5. rocketmavericks Avatar
    rocketmavericks

    Yup. that is the low altitude deceleration. Its the flight from orbit to there that is the challenge.
    Same for us with the high altitude Beagle IV.
    We can discuss directly when we see each other next.

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