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SpaceX Dragon Capsule Lands in Pacific Ocean
After more than five years of landing its returning vessels off the Florida coast, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule splashed down off the California coast for the first time.
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“We are expecting the main parachutes to deploy here in under a minute or so. And it looks like we’re getting views here of main parachute deploy. Once they’re fully expanded, they are going to slow the vehicle down all the way to about 16 miles per hour, right in time for splashing down into the Pacific Ocean today.” “We have confirmation of splashdown of the Dragon spacecraft.” “Copy, Stable One. We see main chutes cut. On behalf of SpaceX, welcome home.”
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