Space X timeline. 5/30/12

 
Some minor tweaks, but deorbit and splashdown times are unchanged…
 
SpaceX Dragon Unberth/Deorbit/Splashdown Timeline
 
ISS Exp 31 Crew
CDR Oleg Kononenko (29S CDR)                                                2nd Flt (Exp 17)
FE5 Andre Kuipers (Netherlands)                                                2nd Flt (TMA-4/3 rotation)
FE6 Don Pettit                                                                                  3rd Flt (Exp 6 & STS-126)
FE1 Gennady Padalka (E32 CDR/30S CDR - TMA-04M)           4th Flt (TM-26, E9, E19-20)
FE2 Sergei Revin                                                                            1st Flt
FE3 Joe Acaba                                                                                 2nd Flt (STS-119/15A)
 
Launch occurred at 2:44:38 am Central (3:44:38 EDT) Tuesday, May 22
 
Wednesday                    May 30
 
  CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec)
  7:25 am          8:25 am        Crew exits Dragon
  8:20 am          9:20 am        Dragon hatch closure
  9:00 am       10:00 am       NASA TV:     Mission Status Briefing
11:00 pm       Midnight        Crew wakeup
11:35 pm                               Dragon vestibule demate
11:45 pm                               Dragon vestibule depressurization
11:50 pm                               Station Power Converter Unit (IPCU) deactivation
 
Thursday                        May 31
 
  CDT               EDT              EVENT                                              MET (day/hr min sec)
                        12:35 am       Dragon vestibule demate
                        12:45 am       Dragon vestibule depressurization
                        12:50 am       Station Power Converter Unit (IPCU) deactivation
  2-15 am         3:15 am        Common Berthing Mechanism demate initiate
  1:30 am         2:30 am       NASA TV:     Dragon unberthing coverage
  3:05 am          4:05 am        Station arm unberths Dragon from Harmony nadir
  4:35 am          5:35 am        Station arm releases Dragon
  4:36 am          5:36 am        Dragon exits “Keep Out Sphere”
  5:11 am          6:11 am        Departure burn 1
  5;13 am          6:13 am        Departure burn 2
  5:20 am          6:20 am        Departure burn 3
  6:06 am          7:06 am        Reduce apogee burn
  6:07 am          7:07 am        Unlatch/close/latch GNC door
  9:15 am       10:15 am       NASA TV: Dragon deorbit & splashdown coverage
  9:51 am        10:51 am       Dragon deorbit burn
10:09 am       11:09 am       Trunk jettison
10:28 am       11:28 am       GPS blackout period
10:35 am       11:35 am       Dragon drogue chute deploy
10:36 am       11:36 am       Dragon main parachute deploy
10:44 am       11:44 am       Dragon Splashdown                     09/07:57:02
(West of Baja California)
10:46 am       11:46 am       Dragon “safe to approach”
  1:00 pm         2:00 pm       NASA TV:     Post-Splashdown News Conference
 

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