On February 28, SpaceX completed a demonstration of their ability to recover the crew and capsule after a nominal water splashdown.

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On February 28, SpaceX completed a demonstration of their ability to recover the crew and capsule after a nominal water splashdown. This marks an important recovery milestone and joint test. The timeline requirement from splashdown to crew egress onboard the ship is one hour, and the recovery team demonstrated that they can accomplish this operation under worst-case conditions in under 45 minutes. Further improvements are planned to shorten the recovery time even more as the team works to build a process that is safe, repeatable, and efficient. Photo Credit: SpaceX

eu-thanos on March 13rd, 2018 at 22:30 UTC »

Block V, Falcon Heavy, Crew Dragon, Boca Chica Launch Site, A Shortfall of Gravitas, New Landing Zone in California.... perhaps a potential sighting of a prototype BFS.

2018 looks to be; and is going to be a good year

MayflyMan on March 13rd, 2018 at 22:26 UTC »

Really feels like things are coming together good in 2018.

ethan829 on March 13rd, 2018 at 22:00 UTC »

On February 28, SpaceX completed a demonstration of their ability to recover the crew and capsule after a nominal water splashdown. This marks an important recovery milestone and joint test. The timeline requirement from splashdown to crew egress onboard the ship is one hour, and the recovery team demonstrated that they can accomplish this operation under worst-case conditions in under 45 minutes. Further improvements are planned to shorten the recovery time even more as the team works to build a process that is safe, repeatable, and efficient.

Another photo.