1026
Webcast will return for opening of Crew Dragon’s hatch in ~2 hours → spacex.com/webcast
1027
Back live for hatch opening → spacex.com/webcast
1028
Hatch is open! Crew Dragon will now spend 5 days at the @Space_Station
1029
After launching Crew Dragon on its first test flight to the @Space_Station, Falcon 9 lands on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship—completing SpaceX’s 35th recovery of an orbital class rocket booster.
1030
Watch live as Crew Dragon autonomously undocks from the @Space_Station → spacex.com/webcast
1031
Dragon is go to undock from the @Space_Station
1033
Four departure burns to move Crew Dragon away from the @Space_Station are now underway
1034
Webcast will be back in ~4.5 hours for splashdown → spacex.com/webcast
1035
Back live for Crew Dragon’s reentry and Atlantic Ocean splashdown → spacex.com/webcast
1036
Dragon's trunk has been jettisoned and its de-orbit burn is complete. Atlantic Ocean splashdown in ~40 minutes → spacex.com/webcast
1037
Dragon’s drogue chutes deployed nominally.
1038
Dragon’s main parachutes have deployed → spacex.com/webcast
1039
Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed!
1040
Crew Dragon is on SpaceX’s recovery vessel—completing the spacecraft’s first test mission!
1041
Two years ago today Falcon 9 completed the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket. Rapid and reliable reusability is key to enabling a multiplanetary future for humanity.
1042
Static fire of Falcon Heavy complete—targeting April 9 launch of Arabsat-6A from Launch Complex 39A in Florida
1043
Booster mate inside SpaceX's hangar at LC-39A ahead of Falcon Heavy’s static fire yesterday
1044
Falcon Heavy’s 27 Merlin engines generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, making it the world’s most powerful operational rocket by a factor of two
1045
Also in the hangar is the Falcon 9 first stage booster that launched Crew Dragon to the @Space_Station last month
1046
Now targeting Falcon Heavy launch of Arabsat-6A on Wednesday, April 10 – weather forecast improves to 80% favorable
1047
SpaceX will attempt to land Falcon Heavy’s side boosters at Landing Zones 1 and 2 and Falcon Heavy’s center core on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship during the Arabsat-6A mission → spacex.com/webcast
1048
Falcon Heavy and Arabsat-6A are vertical on Launch Complex 39A. Currently targeting liftoff at 8:00 p.m. EDT; monitoring upper-level winds that could push us to the end of the window (8:32 p.m. EDT) → spacex.com/webcast
1049
New T-0 of 8:32 p.m. EDT due to upper-level winds. Vehicle and payload still look good for launch.
1050
Standing down from today’s Falcon Heavy launch attempt; next opportunity is tomorrow, April 11.
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