The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov has accomplished its deorbit burn as anticipated forward of splashdown within the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California.
4 minutes earlier than splashdown, the drogue parachutes will deploy at about 18,000 ft in altitude whereas Dragon is shifting roughly 350 mph. Lower than a minute later, at about 6,000 ft in altitude, the primary parachutes deploy whereas the spacecraft is shifting roughly 120 mph.
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