SpaceX Polaris Dawn Crew Mission Splashdown after Historic Spacewalk in deep space

X deorbit burn complete performance nominal nose con closure initiated we show the same and track confirmation there that we had a successful and nominal deorbit burn so we're now going to see the nose cone begin its closing uh process it takes a couple minutes for this to fully complete as the I think we can see some Shadows moving here which means that we're about to lose this gorgeous view this is an incredible View and uh as we mentioned earlier the vehicle is doing a slew so it is maneuvering um to orient that heat shield a little bit more towards the Earth uh and that helps prepare us for re-entry and we can see that nose cone coming into view now there in the top left corner once it is all the way down a um there will be some hooks that lock in to make sure that it is locked up as Jesse had said earlier once again we will not be using the forward bulkhead Draco thrusters anymore honestly this view is just so cool to see everything that's happening you still see Earth you've got Dragon maneuvering you've got the nose cone closing and you get to see the Skywalker MO ability Aid all in one we can see that nose cone coming down to its final position ever so slowly and ever so sadly slow and steady and again we close the nose cone in preparation for re-entry of the vehicle this helps keep the nose cone safe intact with the vehicle um again we are going to close this and lock this uh and this protects the top part of the vehicle as it re-enters the earth atmosphere and we don't necessarily need it for but we do want to protect that Skywalker uh during re-entry which we don't typically have or haven't had before on Dragon missions um so this nose conon will actually keep that Skywalker Mobility Aid pretty safe as well indeed now while all this has been going on the vehicle has initiated the nitrox suit Purge this helps to keep our crew members cool and comfortable during re-entry which once again we expect that to occur uh here in a few minutes in about a half hour or a little bit less than a half hour the exterior of the vehicle will reach temperatures of about 3,500 de fhe and the crew members remain comfortable really uh even though the outside is quite extreme um thanks to the environmental systems inside the Dragon capsule and the thermal protection system on the exterior of the capsule um and we are a little over halfway through that blackout period we are expecting to hopefully game coms back uh in about a couple minutes from now again and this you can see on your screen is the first ground view of the Dragon capsule making its way back entering the Earth's atmosphere I love this view uh it's a it's so fun to watch this I can only imagine what it would be like to watch it with our own eyes um this thermal view uh in particular is really cool because you can you can see the trail behind it oh that is so awesome there's four humans inside of that capsule right now now once again we are in the anticipated Communications blackout period um basically there is an envelope of ionized air around the spacecraft and it blocks radio signals from reaching Dragon so this basically plasma field around it prohibits us from commanding the vehicle or from communicating with the crew uh so this anticipated blackout period lasts about 7 minutes so uh we should be coming out of it here in about the next minute or so we will probably start to hear uh the SpaceX core begin to reach out to the Dragon capsule uh just trying to hail them or we might even hear from from uh the polaron crew first that's an incredible view from the recovery ship uh stationed out in the water that is a sight to see for the people that are watching this live it's not a comet it is just the player Don crew coming back to Earth wow that is an amazing view once again we expect this uh blackout period to end in about a minute another view of the Dragon SpaceX come check I have you lby cleer how loud and clear Jared expect automated shoot deployment incredible views incredible comms we have regained Communications with the polaron crew this is a drone circling the recovery vessel and that little white dot I should start the big white dot on the right obviously the moon the little white dot there in the center of your screen is the dragon resilience vehicle making its way its final few kilometers back down to planet Earth after spending 5 days in orbit wow just some epic views tonight you can hear the crowd here in Hawthorn getting excited we've confirmed that we have comms with the crew Dragon SpaceX GPS converged expect nominal altitude for drug shoot deploy copy that space actually show the same in tracking and the crew is still traveling very quickly right now as they're coming back through the Earth's atmosphere but as you heard the drug shoots should be deploying here shortly and that's going to slow them down significantly yeah we we expect those to deploy in about 90 seconds and as we heard in those comms it's triggered by GPS so the Dragon capsule using that um that that GPS will automatically know exactly when to deploy it and that happens around 40 km once the drug parachutes deploy about a minute after that we'll see the main parachutes and it's pretty incredible that we only uh we can see seat rotation now underway this helps put the crew in a uh more ergonomic position in anticipation of for Dr window copy we bra should see those shoots deploy here shortly and you can see the crew bracing as instructed for the change in velocity standing by for deployment of the drogue parachutes these will help bring the vehicle down from about 350 mph when they deploy down to about 119 mph when the main parachute deploy there we can see that the dro shoots have successfully deployed it's a great thermal image and that view is from the actual Basin where those drug parachutes are located Dragon SpaceX visual on two healthy drugs that space X we show the same these drog parachutes help to stabilize the Dragon capsule and get it into the right orientation before those main parachutes uh pop out as well as providing that initial deceleration this is such a great thermal shot of the the Dragon capsule you can see it turning a little bit with the drug parachutes and there are the four main shoots now deployed they'll slowly open up to their full uh deployment here in just a few seconds incredible views of the Polaris Dawn crew returning to Earth after 5 days in Earth's orbit the crowd here at Mission Control in Hawthorne cheering on four names rate nominal it's a beautiful sight to see SP actually show the same 1,000 Cy 1,000 beautiful sight to see those four healthy main parachutes so great now in about 2 minutes we expect our splash down to occur and you may hear the crew in the core talking they're uh communicating about their altitude as they make their way back down to Earth we should start yeah there it is so we should start to hear an are hearing uh our commander Jared isaacman call out the altitude as they descend to the ocean's surface we can see the Polaris Dawn crew nestled in their seats there on the left hand side of your screen as they anticipate their spash down copy six you can see the difference in velocity this is a lot gentler than just a few minutes ago that dragon is coming back down to earth absolutely these main parachutes deploy at about 119 mph and help slow the Dragon capsule down to about 15 mph when it makes contact with the ocean can also see that the capsule is there the capsule is now stabilized it's no longer spinning like we saw it with the drug parachutes 200 we're bracing copy 200 embrace Racing for splash down that will be the final call we hear from Jared until contact with the ocean surface standing by for a Splashdown of the polaron crew and there you can see as you can see on your screen and by the cheers behind us the Polaris Dawn crew has successfully splash down welcome back to planet Earth pois Dawn SpaceX recovery team now moving into place to begin the process of strapping the Dragon capsule up with the necessary uh rigging in order to lift it onto the recovery vessel Dragon capsule appears to be in a pretty stable uh position after Dragon Vehicles code one Cru code one space s copies code one now the recovery teams have been ready and waiting about three nautical miles away so it's going to take them just about 30 minutes to make their way to Jared kid Sarah and Anna who are currently inside of the Dragon capsule that you see there on your screen back here home on Earth that call out that we heard earlier uh confirmation of what uh I had said a little bit prior to in terms of that stable configuration that code one call out um is the reflection of the crews reporting of that of that landing position we can see the Dragon capsule bobbing in the distance Like Jesse said the recovery team is a little ways away from the splash down location uh obviously to ensure their safety um as well as the safety of the polaron crew so it takes a little while for the large recovery vessel to make its way over to the Dragon capsule but there are a couple of fast boats that we will likely see coming to screen um sooner than later and those fast boats carry we're stable one those fast boats carry copy stable one those fast boats carry the recovery team members that will scoop up the parachutes from the water excuse me as well as perform the initial safety checks to make sure that there are no hypergolic fuel Vapors or um uh any any basically potentially harmful Vapors remaining around the Dragon capsule following the deorbit sequence so will see a crew with some personal protective equipment uh on around the uh wearing that personal protective equipment around the capsule performing those safety checks before allowing anyone to get uh too close to the capsule yeah and I love that we have those fast boats you know instead of waiting for the recovery vessel to make it uh with crew members on board there we have the fast boats to get there while the recovery vessel is making its way towards the capsule and we can do all that work in advance and they are very fast as you can see SpaceX on behalf of the entire team of SpaceX welcome home we have pulled go for Recovery Personnel to approach ex expect Personnel alongside in approximately 1 minute to Dad SpaceX and uh clis Stan we are mission complete thanks for all the big help pulling this Mission together now we did see a jet ski pass by that jet ski has a couple uh recovery folks on board they've got the go to do those uh you know gas and hazardous checks to make sure that Dragon uh is safe for the recovery vessel to approach yeah and this view here is actually from a drone hovering near the Dragon capsule so it gives you a little bit better perspective of how close the fast boats are like I mentioned before some of them are uh scouring the water looking for the parachutes that were released after Dragon splash down we'll try to retrieve those uh and another fast boat will approach and begin those safety checks for any hypergolic Vapors uh and yeah we can see them getting oh there actually you can kind of see one of those parachutes there floating in the water to the right hand side and then the moon in the distance what a great view some great lighting from the moon at this light this uh night uh splash down tonight I'm pretty sure this is uh the first time we've had these views on our recovery webcasts so it's pretty cool to see I love I love that we get this this view right here where we can see the the lights on inside Dragon capsule Through the Windows almost looks like the eyes of dragon yeah that's pretty cool so the fast boat that is closest to the Dragon capsule uh that is the crew that will begin yeah you can see with the stick there that is basically a hypergolic um um uh detection device uh and yeah they will attach to the Dragon capsule to get a little closer uh and we can see that they have respirators on this helps ensure that if there are any lingering Vapors that uh they will not be exposed to those now the recovery team just like the Polaris Dawn crew uh they perform quite a bit of training in order to be able to perform these activities safely in fact uh if for those of you that have never watched our recovery um shows before but there will actually be someone that jumps into the water and begins climbing on Dragon capsule in order to secure the straps that are necessary to lift the the Dragon capsule out of the water oh there's a cool shot there because you can actually see the Basin where the main parachutes were located that's where uh the the oh here's a thermal view now but yeah that lower larger Basin is where the main parachutes were located a Dragon capsule definitely looks toasty having come back through the Earth's atmosphere a little bit toasty there was a little hot coming back yeah and again right now the recovery team is ensuring the safety of the crew um making sure there's no hazardous gases around the vehicle they're pulling the shoots out of the water which is what that thing is below the Dragon capsule there on the bottom right hand side of your screen it is not a giant squid I love how there are lights on these boats uh maybe not actually I take that back I don't think it's lights on the boats I think it's lights with some of um Dragon SpaceX hyper golf sweeps and unfired ordinance checks nominal rigging in progress approximately 25 minutes until capsule LIF standby for PMC copy that two five minutes for capsuled list and glad all the checkouts are good all right great news there um letting us know and we can see that the crew members have uh basically taken off their respirators allows them to work a little bit more efficiently uh also heard that the crew will have their Dragon SpaceX for PMC PMC standing for private medical conference so this is an opportunity to check in with I would like to try and do the PMC in 10 minutes one Z minutes looking for crew to be okay with that weight C's good we'll call you we need to pull it in but right now one Z minutes seems good copy all right so that PMC private medical conference that's just an opportunity for the crew to chat with the flight surgeon check in make sure everybody's feeling good so it sounds like the crew is on board to have that occur in 10 minutes meanwhile the recovery teams here on your screen scurrying oh there we our first view of the individual on top of the capsule uh yeah we I have said this in many Splashdown webcasts before not enough money in the world to convince me to do that job I have so much admiration and respect for the people that can uh just doing that in Dark Water would be terrifying to me and I love how efficient and well- Tred all of these individuals are they you we can see it in action here they they function as a a really strong unit altogether um even in I mean these waters are pretty calm but you can see the capsule and the boats kind of moving around um and it's it's not like they're on land yeah and yeah Kate I mean at least they are in near the Florida Keys uh they probably got some pretty clear water even though it is nighttime uh I wouldn't mind you know jumping on top of the capsule trying to to rig up the Dragon capsule there looks like a pretty fun job actually yeah I think I night time would be a hard no daytime maybe Dragon SpaceX for PMC go SpaceX all right we're actually ready to do a PMC now so I'm going to be privatizing Dragon to ground you'll next hear from the ship surgeon c b again just some great views here this is the recovery vessel with the helipad on top of it again a helicopter is going to uh land on that pad there uh board the crew and take them back to land very quickly back to their families and friends that'll hopefully be there to to greet them back to Earth I love this drone shot that we have uh first time we've had a view like this for our recovery operations and it's Dragon SpaceX com check dragon has you land and clear loud and clear forward link transition complete all right we can see the recovery team continuing to pull the Dragon capsule a little bit closer there's still one individual there in the bucket where the main parachutes uh are stored during flight you can also see at the top of uh basically at the top of what is the side hatch there's another bucket and that's where the drog parachutes are located Dragon SpaceX riging complete approximately 5 minutes until capsule lift copy that 5 minutes till capsule lift and again the core communicating to the crew as they can't see outside of the capsule so there's a lot of movements going on there's a lot of sounds that they're going to be hearing and there you can see the hydraulic lift mechanism lowering into position uh in preparation for lifting the Dragon capsule out of the water we'll see the recovery team individual who's there um placing those attachment straps uh onto the straps that he's already are um uh basically put around the circumference of the Dragon capsule that individual will climb up a little bit higher on the capsule and then jump off into the dark water and oh here's a cool view uh from above the uh that helicopter pad uh that is where the helicopter will land and take the four crew members back to land so about 5 minutes well at this point four minutes until uh the capsule is lifted out of the water Dragon SpaceX brace for capsule lift there they go for bra it's probably warm water Kate yeah you know what sea creatures love warm water too in my head they're not going to hurt you we can see the Dragon capsule now coming out of the water our first view of that well-loved heat shield at the bottom of the Dragon resilience vehicle dragon now completely out of the water and will be lowered onto that cradle there once the Dragon capsule is lowered we will see the recovery team who are obviously out of the way for safety reasons at this point in time but once the capsule is um translated and secured we'll see them begin to hose it down with fresh water uh as we reuse these capsules um we want to try and minimize the effects of corrosion which of course happened due to saltwater so we will actually begin to see not only that Basin where the main parachutes were located uh that will get get rinsed out as well as the the overall capsule the crew is now on the recovery vessel probably their first moment of a little bit more stability being back on Earth again what will happen next is once the Dragon capsule is fully seated in the Nest uh and we'll remove all the rigging from the capsule that will then translate that capsule and move it forward to a platform Dragon SpaceX welcome aboard the recovery vessel recovery Personnel are completing final checks standby for translation to the egress platform Cy b space standing by all right great news there and uh it looks like actually the estimation for Lift was uh uh we we completed it 2 minutes early so like I said it's a pretty efficient operation the recovery team not only have they performed this on numerous actual uh human space space flight missions but also in in rehearsals and and training procedures of their own so it looks like the crew members that you see there um have dawned some PPE once again um these are respirators that help to ensure that if there are any lingering hypergolic uh fumes that they will not be exposed to it so they are actually installing plugs into uh the uh the basically the the the outlet of those Draco thrusters and Performing additional uh hypergolic sniffs to ensure that there are no residual fumes once they install all of the necessary Draco plugs they will continue uh with a final round of um detection checks seems as though the first person to come out will be Anna Menan who is on the far right side as we are looking at it she is in seat four yeah so Anna is now making her way with this assisted egress Mission specialist Anna Menan there she is fellow space yes so happy I love this so excited welcome back to Earth Anna we heard um Haley Areno who was one of the mission Specialists and uh and she for the inspiration for Mission uh we heard her say that Jared um always let the ladies go first and so I have a feeling that Sarah might be the next one to egress here yep we can see her uh now getting out of her seat she and Anna had the two window seats SpaceX team assisting her to make sure that she doesn't hit the side hatch in any way so much excitement our second space xer to fly in space mission specialist Sarah Gillis back on Earth so cool to see her now egressing is our pilot kid potit I would bet good money that we're going to see some thumbs up once kid exits it's pretty cool to see that uh they are coming out standing up on their own two feet and walking offex dragon this is the final call enough some dance moves that's pretty great I think that move should be added to the required choreography for human space flight missions you know we have the astronaut lean back when they approach their rocket on launch day the uh kid Shuffle I think should be the the next one for for post egress we heard Jared get one last call out on the loops before egressing himself and the final Polaris Dawn crew member egressing Dragon resilience Commander Jared isaacman our second frequent flyer in Dragon completing his second mission in space