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Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft or launch vehicle in a body of water, usually by parachute. This has been the primary recovery method of American capsules including NASA’s Mercury , Gemini , Apollo and Orion along with the private SpaceX Dragon .
Nasa’s Orion spacecraft is making its way back to Earth after a trip around the moon that lasted 25 days. ... The splashdown is the final hurdle Orion faces in what has so far been a successful ...
The spacecraft for MR-3, Mercury capsule #7, was delivered to Cape Canaveral on December 9, 1960. It had originally been expected that a mission could be launched soon after the spacecraft was available, but Capsule #7 turned out to require extensive development and testing work before it was deemed safe for flight.
The spacecraft went from a screaming orbital speed of 17,500 mph (28,000 kph) to 350 mph (560 kph) during atmospheric reentry, and finally to 15 mph (24 kph) at splashdown.
Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final crewed space mission of the U.S. Mercury program, launched on May 15, 1963, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.The spacecraft, named Faith 7, completed 22 Earth orbits before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper, then a United States Air Force major.
Splashdown may also refer to: "Splashdown" (seaQuest DSV), the second-season finale of seaQuest DSV; Splashdown (band), a rock / trip hop band from Massachusetts; Splashdown, a 2001 console video game series (Splashdown and Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild) about racing jet-skis; Splashdown (Hot Tuna album), 1984; Splashdown (Breakwater album), 1980
Location of TDRS as of 26 May 2020 Location of TDRS as of March 2019. This is a list of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites.TDRS spacecraft are all in geostationary orbit and are operated by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and are used for communication between NASA facilities and spacecraft, [1] including the Space Shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope, and ...
The Gemini 10 space capsule on display at the Cosmosphere in Kansas. For many years the spacecraft was the centerpiece of a space exhibition at Norsk Teknisk Museum, Oslo, Norway. It was returned on request in 2002. The spacecraft is currently on display at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas.