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The First Air Force, Detachment 3 completed a emergency rescue exercise demonstration off Cape Canaveral this week! Teams simulated launch pad abort and ascent abort scenarios with a mockup Orion capsule. Photo credit: Michael Sparks/USAF/First Air Force

SpaceX recovery ship Shannon inbound to the Port of Long Beach with the CRS-32 Dragon. The ship is following Of Course I Still Love You droneship, also returning with Falcon 9 from Starlink 11-16.

First tank unloaded at KSC. The pickup truck on the right with the Starlink dish mounted on the roof might offer a tiny clue about who these are for... nsf.live/spacecoast

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Two tanks now passing through Port Canaveral and appear to be heading for the KSC turn basin for unloading! nsf.live/spacecoast Does any aerospace company out there want to call dibs?

The MN Colibri ship has arrived in Florida, delivering the MTG-S1/Sentinel-4 satellite from Europe. Launching atop a Falcon 9 NET July. nsf.live/spacecoast

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The MTG-S1/Sentinel-4 satellite is en-route to Florida for launch atop a Falcon 9 NET July. Delivered by the MN Colibri cargo ship, was has frequently performed this role over the last few years. Expected May 6th.

The MTG-S1/Sentinel-4 satellite is en-route to Florida for launch atop a Falcon 9 NET July. Delivered by the MN Colibri cargo ship, was has frequently performed this role over the last few years. Expected May 6th.

Confirmed! Nothing has been unloaded, but large handling equipment is now being loaded onto the Pegasus Barge at KSC. This one looks like one of the stands that brought the Core Stage to Florida - it will be heading back to other NASA facilities. nsf.live/spacecoast

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Pegasus Barge heading towards Kennedy Space Center this morning. The rumour in my notifications is that the barge is here to collect equipment, rather than unload anything. nsf.live/spacecoast

Longtime followers on Twitter will be very familiar with the two white gantry cranes in the background of every shot from Port Canaveral. The process to demolish these long-redundant cranes is finally underway! The first piece has just been cut up. nsf.live/spacecoast

Dragon recovery ship Shannon has departed from the Port of Long Beach and is heading for the splashdown site off the coast of Oceanside. Splashdown of Fram2 is set for 9:19am PT today.

Two sets of TFRs have been published for Fram2 splashdown off the coast of Los Angeles for Friday the 4th and Saturday the 5th. Published windows vary from 9am -9:40am PT, depending on site and day.

A look at three available splashdown sites for Fram2! This will mark the first Crew Dragon splashdown in the Pacific Ocean and the first splashdown of any Dragon variant in five years. The recovery ship, Shannon, was relocated from Florida to California in January.

Orion Recovery Test 12 is underway in the Pacific Ocean using the USS Somerset Navy vessel. Teams regularly conduct these rehearsals to practice their procedures. Photos from NASA EGS

Dragon recovery ship Megan has departed from Tampa Bay to support the return of Crew-9, which is set to be the last Dragon splashdown off the coast of Florida before operations move to the Pacific Ocean.