There’s nothing like TWENTY-SEVEN Merlin rockets firing simultaneously, at least not since the Apollo missions.
There’s nothing like TWENTY-SEVEN Merlin rockets firing simultaneously, at least not since the Apollo missions.
SCIENCE!!!
This never gets old. Also, SCIENCE!!!
I don’t know how I missed it, but SpaceX had their 8th and final launch of Iridium’s Next satellite cluster on January 11th. As always, SpaceX live streamed the launch on YouTube.
Iridium also released a music playlist on Spotify. If you start the playlist at T-12.55 of the launch countdown, it lines up perfectly with the entire mission. You can find the playlist here.
More sciency stuff from SpaceX this week, though shame on them for cutting the camera away from Stage 1 when it started to lose control on the way back to Earth. Full video is just over half an hour.
UPDATE: Elon Musk posted video of Stage 1 stabilizing and making a soft landing in the Atlantic Ocean! The Falcon9 stage is recoverable as a result.
Engines stabilized rocket spin just in time, enabling an intact landing in water! Ships en route to rescue Falcon. pic.twitter.com/O3h8eCgGJ7
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 5, 2018
Another video courtesy of Elon Musk, this time from land:
Tracking shot of Falcon water landing pic.twitter.com/6Hv2aZhLjM
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 5, 2018