That is lovely and impressive. I'm astonished they not only managed to slow the spin, but be vertical on landing.
Re: Rocket Lunches
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:02 am
by thedamngod
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
Re: Rocket Lunches
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:34 pm
by Prack
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.
SpaceX Starlink test launch, tomorrow at 7:30 PM (I'm assuming EDT)
Re: Rocket Lunches
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:12 pm
by outlander
From the recent GLONASS-M launch, Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Far North:
Re: Rocket Lunches
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:54 pm
by IronDuke
That is so gorgeous. :O
Re: Rocket Lunches
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:59 pm
by Talvieno
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.
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.