The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev on their return to Earth after a virtually six-month science mission has accomplished its deorbit burn as anticipated forward of splashdown at about 12:17 a.m. EDT within the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida.
4 minutes earlier than splashdown, the drogue parachutes will deploy at about 18,000 ft in altitude whereas Dragon is transferring roughly 350 miles per hour, and fewer than a minute later, the principle parachutes deploy at about 6,000 ft in altitude whereas the spacecraft is transferring roughly 119 miles per hour.
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