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What is the speed of crew Dragon upon splashdown?
After reentry, what is the speed of the Dragon 2 capsule right before splashdown?
What g-force is received upon splashdown?
At the time of writing, this answer gives such information for many other ...
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Could one skydive from a space capsule that just had a parachute failure during re-entry?
Say you're in a space capsule. The space capsule has mostly survived re-entry, but the capsule's parachutes fell off. If you had a regular skydiving parachute with you, is there any way you could ...
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How do the chutes stay separate? [duplicate]
In the below picture the parachutes are spread out, but ordinarily drag would pull all the chutes to the same position directly behind the capsule. How is this spread achieved?
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Why can't you just parachute down right from orbit?
This will surely seem, at least at first sight, a completely stupid idea, seeing the usual “space isn't high away, it's fast away”, and that the heat shields which actually are used need to withstand ...
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Would a balloon pop if dropped from space?
Could a "simple" inflated party balloon be dropped from space entering an atmosphere? The first case at orbital speed, the second case just outside the atmosphere and the third interplanetary?
The ...
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Could a modified Jiffy Pop container survive atmospheric re-entry to deliver fresh popcorn anywhere in the world? [closed]
In the 1960s the USSR developed the Fractional Orbital Bombardment System. We can call this system FOBS for short. This system permitted the launch of a payload of nuclear warheads which briefly ...
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Why don't 3-parachute descent systems collide and collapse?
The Orion reentry vehicle will have a parachute system. Like Apollo, they'll have 3:
Orion Parachute Drop Test on May 1, 2013
A model of NASA's Orion spacecraft glides ...
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Did any Apollo missions have backup parachutes?
NASA's Apollo modules, the ones that went to the moon, had a fairly standard-for-the-time reentry method: Hit the atmosphere at the right angle, deploy a parachute after things are done burning up, ...
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Use of steerable parachutes for re-entry
Apart from testing Rogallo wing for Gemini capsules are there any cases of use of steerable parachutes/wings for final phase of re-entry of space vehicle?
When landing in big steppe or ocean it doesn'...
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