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Landing didn't go quite as expected. It had quite the spin

Grid fin hydraulic pump stalled, so Falcon landed just out to sea. Appears to be undamaged & is transmitting data. Recovery ship dispatched.

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That is lovely and impressive. I'm astonished they not only managed to slow the spin, but be vertical on landing.

The rocket landed vertically and then continued with the normal post landing operations in horizontal mode. Venting the pressurized vessels for example.

The have towed it into port and got it on land again. There is even the possibility that it might be used on a "SpaceX internal" mission at some point again
Pictures of the recovery process. The damage to the interstage (black part at the top) is quite significant. Otherwise, it appears to be in good shape, considering the circumstances.

In other news, dragon is now connected to the space station for the second time

So XKCD has made a lovely outline of how a regular launch should go.
I'm very disappointed to see that SpaceX is still missing a step or two in it's launches

NASA tries to coordinate launch timing with the Care Bears' cloud castle, but unfortunately sometimes collisions with stray Care Bears are unavoidable, so they just try to make the fairings sturdy and hope for a glancing impact.

A Proton-M Launch on a cold winter night

[youtube]https://youtu.be/nLpoICblFvI[/youtube]

Dragon in space! Go SpaceX!

Falcon Heavy Flight Two is scheduled for the 9th.

SpaceX Starlink test launch, tomorrow at 7:30 PM (I'm assuming EDT)

From the recent GLONASS-M launch, Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Far North:

That is so gorgeous. :O

Was thinking the same thing. It looks... "iconic" for lack of a better word. Like a picture that people would look back on for years to come and point out as a special moment. Like the two SpaceX boosters touching down at the same time.

Returning boosters make space launches so much more of an event. This one even ends with a bang!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... IhFAXGUfCs

zircher wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 29, 2019 1:45 pm

Returning boosters make space launches so much more of an event. This one even ends with a bang!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... IhFAXGUfCs

Fixed to exclude timestamp

Also, Mr. Musk states that the center stage missed the drone ship due to re-entry forces causing an engine bay breach, which screwed up at least one engine.

Thanks for the fix, missed that on the copy.

Fifty years ago...



<sighs wistfully>