SpaceX @sh.itjust.works ptfrd @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago

Dragon can now use SuperDracos if parachutes fail

Steve Stich states at today's Crew-9 news conference that Dragon has a new contingency capability if all 4 parachutes fail; the SuperDracos will ignite prior to splashdown.

The Crew-8 return to Earth will also have this capability.

(He said this about 20 minutes after the start of the stream.)

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Any video of them testing this? Sounds really cool
- Not really. There's a hover test vid uploaded in 2016 but they cheated. (It's held up by a rope!)
  
  Or you could play the first 17 seconds of the pad abort test in reverse ...
  
  Animation of a 'land landing': https://youtu.be/Cf_-g3UWQ04?t=1m32s

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