sevenperforce Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Speed really starting to drop aggressively! Still rock-solid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Did I see something fall off? Expected peak heating Under 70 kilometers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Seeing some more dynamic plasma flow in the close-up but it still looks painted-on in the wide shot. Truly impressive. Speed is dropping at 100 km/hr/sec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Temperature decreasing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Nose temperatures have stopped increasing! So the metal isn't getting any hotter, but it could still be fairly hot (which is to say, comparatively soft), and the aerodynamic forces aren't very high right at the moment (they called out half a G of deceleration), so the biggest tribulations are still ahead of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 I am really, really impressed so far. I was expecting much more control movement through re-entry. Hate to jinx it but this is just picture-perfect so far. Let's hope the heat shield holds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Why are we not losing alttitude? Out of likes : ( Lots of plasma, yikes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Just now, Minmus Taster said: Why are we not losing alttitude? It is still losing altitude, but the fidelity of the altitude figure is very low - they only report the nearest available kilometer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 OMG, really really gorgeous plasma now that we are down in the slightly deeper atmosphere. Just absolutely rock-solid. I'm seeing some flashes and sparks though! 1 minute ago, Minmus Taster said: Why are we not losing alttitude? Hypersonic body lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 60 kilometers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 By the way, for those of you who know your stuff ... are the re-entry fireworks green at this altitude for the same reason that the aurora is green? Or is it because of the camera settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 ooooooh now some motion from the forward flaps! Adjusting attitude as it enters the thicker atmosphere. Still very well-controlled. He's explaining that they left a couple of tiles off of areas that aren't re-entry critical, with lots of instrumentation to see what the impact to the stainless is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Uh oh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 1 minute ago, Codraroll said: By the way, for those of you who know your stuff ... are the re-entry fireworks green at this altitude for the same reason that the aurora is green? Or is it because of the camera settings? Nothing like aurora. That's a combo of camera settings and chemical behaviors in the plasma -- oxygen and nitrogen. I'm seeing debris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Flaps coming apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Loads of debris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Oh. Flap desintegrating. That can't be nominal. But holy heck, getting footage at this situation ... WHOA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 The fin is falling apart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Amazing view of this burn-through. Flap is just disintegrating but still holding!! That flap is FULL of flame and it's still holding rock-solid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 50 kilometers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Down to under 3 km/s -- superheavy re-entry speeds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Hos is it still going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Loss of signal -- wait, no, it's still good!! I think we are through the plasma and still holding!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Temperatures dropping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 The lens is mucked up, the glass cracked, the ship is literally melting and re-entering the atmosphere at three kilometers per second, and we still have footage and telemetry. This is possibly the most extreme situation ever filmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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