>>10161242

TYB

Anon has been watching coverage of the return Crew Dragon to a splashdown inthe Gulf Of Mexico. Never heard of a splashdown in the gulf before. Thought this might be the first one. And, after some digging I beleive it is the first. MSM newsers appear to have failed to catch onto this as a histroical precedent. Because I'm not seeing it reported anywhere.

https://wikimili.com/en/Splashdown#Splashdown_2.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splashdown#Locations

>>10161281 last bread

>Wonder how they test capsule/parachute viability. Maybe by pushing the capsule out the back of a plane. Like this.

Yes. Dropped from a plane. From a balloon and then there was the coolest one. The pad abort test.

https://youtu.be/1_FXVjf46T8

>>10161396

>https://wikimili.com/en/Splashdown#Splashdown_2.png

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splashdown#Locations

Typical day on QR.

NASA Camera Plane WB-57, tail number N927NA is moving into position for Crew Dragon re-entry.

WB-57

High in the sky; that's the usual destination for an aircraft that called NASA Langley home for two months.

A WB-57, operated by Johnson Space Center and normally based at Ellington Field in Houston, was here until late December installing and integrating a new payload.

The WB-57 is one of only two kinds of aircraft in which crews can fly over 50,000 feet. The other is the U-2.

"We usually fly about 60,000 feet," (18,288 m) said Joe Gerky, WB-57 manager. "That's a big advantage for testing systems that are going into space or in high altitude unmanned aircraft, since they must be able to withstand the harsh conditions found there."

The WB-57 can stay aloft for an extended period of time, about six and a half hours, and has a range of approximately 2,500 miles (4,023 km).

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/multimedia/iotw-wb57.html

>>10161952

Nope, just two.

>>10161970

>The WB-57 is one of only two kinds of aircraft in which crews can fly over 50,000 feet. The other is the U-2.

Kek, well we don't know who wrote that NASA page like that, or why. hahaha

>>10162010

yes