Awesome Video of Dragon’s Descent and Landing
1 Jun 2012, 17:59 UTC
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During the reentry of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, NASA and the United States Navy flew a P-3 Orion Cast Glance aircraft to capture airborne views of the spacecraft’s descent. The aircraft, based at the Navy’s VX-30 squadron at the Naval Air Station Point Mugu, Calif., was able to record Dragon’s reentry, parachute chute deployment and the capsule in the water. Dragon splashed down at 11:42 a.m. EDT on May 31 in the Pacific Ocean, more than 560 miles off the coast of Baja California
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