Crew Dragon Heads Toward Splashdown

The returning SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft viewed from a camera on board a NASA WB-57 aircraft.
The returning SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft viewed from a camera on board a NASA WB-57 aircraft. Image credit: NASA TV

The SpaceX Crew Dragon is making its final plunge through Earth’s atmosphere, heading toward a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 miles off Florida’s east coast.

At about 8:41 a.m. EST, drogue parachutes will deploy, and the four main chutes will begin to open less than a minute later to slow the Crew Dragon during its final descent prior to its water landing at about 8:45 a.m. EST.