The Space Thread - Launches, Events, Live Streams, Governments, Corporations, drama in Spaaaaaaaaaaaace

[Hatewerfer]

And there they are, nice. Back on planet Earth. Looking forward to seeing the capsule whenever NASA is done with it on a display stand like the Apollo capsules in the various museums around the country.

 

[themanwhowalks]

Crew members are coming out onto the front porch

 

[Secret Boots]

Crew members are now being extracted.
Edit: all crew have been extracted.

 

[Kwisatz00]

Raises a drink
Good on everyone involved at NASA, was amazing to see humanity do great shit.

 

[Major-General]

According to the YouTube chat, this is a momentous occasion for Brazil. Well done everyone

 

[Secret Boots]

The mission has officially concluded.

They look so exhausted.

 

[RodgerDodger]

I remain deeply disappointed that it did not return to earth carrying 3 super intelligent chimpanzees from the future.

 

[JuanLee]

This can't possibly be faster than just taking a boat right?

How long would it take a boat to go 694,000 miles though?

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

All Astros on the front porch, one of them raising their arms in celebration

 

[Individualism Incarnate]

694,000 miles total apparently.

200 miles off from the funny number.

 

[Heinrich Maneuver]

When the recovery boats first pulled up you could hear the navy boys barking on the livestream before they cut back to the commentator lol

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

Navy towing the Orion capsule away from the front porch

 

[Secret Boots]

Here comes the choppah

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

Helicopter rescue

Commander Reid Wiseman last off the front porch, gets yanked by the winch

 

[Kwisatz00]

Mission completed!
Was an honour to shitpost with you all through this awesome time.

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

Astros seem like they feel great

Walking in they didn't look weak, they looked more like they were having to remember how to walk since they haven't done it in 10 days lol

 

[Zorak Prison Pod]

Mission completed!
Was an honour to shitpost with you all through this awesome time.

Agreed. Also this adventure has re-awakened my hatred of conspiracy theorists.

 

[Stealthzdragons]

It's pretty wholesome to hear that the astronauts were already jumping with joy before the medical crew got there, and were even taking selfies with them when the med team went inside.

 

[themanwhowalks]

Soon

 

[Evan Kor]

Thank God everything went well. It'll be interesting what they find out after examining the heat shield since that heat shield design could be better than the honeycomb type if it can avoid spalling. I think its fair to say that the 2nd Space Race has officially begun today.

Also consider this: there was a moment in time when that spacecraft was the furthest away from Earth during its flight. At that moment, one of the astronauts was sitting/floating the further from Earth than any human has ever been. However, its probably impossible to actually know which astronaut that was.