{"id":12701,"date":"2020-01-20T20:07:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T12:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-crew-dragon-returns-to-port-after-in-flight-abort-test\/"},"modified":"2020-01-20T20:07:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T12:07:43","slug":"photos-crew-dragon-returns-to-port-after-in-flight-abort-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-crew-dragon-returns-to-port-after-in-flight-abort-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Crew Dragon returns to port after in-flight abort test"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43081\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43081\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ifat_port2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ifat_port2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ifat_port2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ifat_port2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ifat_port2-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Crew Dragon spacecraft arrives at Port Canaveral on Jan. 19, 2020, after SpaceX\u2019s in-flight abort test. Credit: Stephen Clark \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Loaded onto a SpaceX recovery ship, the Crew Dragon capsule that performed a successful in-flight abort test Sunday over Florida\u2019s Space Coast pulled into Port Canaveral hours later after being retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The 13-foot-diameter (4-meter) crew capsule splashed down under four main parachutes in the Atlantic Ocean roughly 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of the Kennedy Space Center around nine minutes after liftoff on top of a Falcon 9 rocket, which occurred at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX\u2019s Crew Dragon recovery vessel, named \u201cGo Searcher,\u201d hoisted the capsule out of the Atlantic and secured it on a fixture for the trip back to Port Canaveral.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel arrived at the port shortly before 7 p.m. EST Sunday (0000 GMT Monday), around less than nine hours after launch and splashdown. Go Searcher carried the capsule to the U.S. Navy\u2019s Trident Turning Basin for offloading.<\/p>\n<p>A short time later, a second recovery vessel arrived at Port Canaveral carrying the Dragon\u2019s intact trunk, which jettisoned as part of the in-flight abort test and fell to the sea. On an orbital mission, the trunk burns up during re-entry and is not recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Go Searcher is equipped with a helipad, a medical facility for astronauts and a sling to raise Crew Dragon capsules from the ocean. After a normal splashdown on a crew mission just off Florida\u2019s Space Coast,, the capsule will be raised onto the ship\u2019s deck and the astronauts will be helped out of the spacecraft and moved to the on-board medical facility for exams on the way back to Port Canaveral.<\/p>\n<p>Read our full story on the Crew Dragon abort test for details on the mission.<\/p>\n<p>Additional imagery of the Crew Dragon\u2019s arrival at Port Canaveral is posted below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43082\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43082\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ifat_port3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ifat_port3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ifat_port3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ifat_port3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ifat_port3-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Crew Dragon spacecraft arrives at Port Canaveral on Jan. 19, 2020, after SpaceX\u2019s in-flight abort test. Credit: Stephen Clark \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1219046446890213384&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2020%2F01%2F20%2Fphotos-crew-dragon-returns-to-port-after-in-flight-abort-test%2F&amp;sessionId=96f318c4ce4023b7b9f48c0404757e758410f0c0&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1219046446890213384\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782696700875994817=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SpaceX\u2019s Crew Dragon spacecraft has arrived at Port Canaveral for inspections and analysis after today\u2019s successful abort test over Florida\u2019s Space Coast. https:\/\/t.co\/aocyihhVRd pic.twitter.com\/P97O5YknXc<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) January 19, 2020<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crew Dragon spacecraft arrives at Port Canaveral on Jan. 19, 2020, after SpaceX\u2019s in-flight abort test. Credit: Stephen Clark \/ Spaceflight Now Loaded onto a SpaceX recovery ship, the Crew Dragon capsule that performed a successful in-flight abort test Sunday over Florida\u2019s Space Coast pulled into Port Canaveral hours later after being retrieved from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[524,291,235,2268,479,1545,428,25],"class_list":["post-12701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-commercial-crew","tag-commercial-space","tag-crew-dragon","tag-crew-dragon-in-flight-abort","tag-falcon-9","tag-human-spaceflight","tag-kennedy-space-center","tag-launch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}