SpaceX Falcon 9 historic landing thread (1st landing attempt & most recent missions)

Anyone actually gonna stay up?

blackbrandt said:

Anyone actually gonna stay up?

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Yep, thats only 10:21pm for me.

Oh... you lucky butts.

rharshberger said:

Yep, thats only 10:21pm for me.

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Yup 9pm for me, just an hour away!

I am sitting here waiting, lucky for me its at 10:00pm and I took tomorrow off work for a wedding. So its a win, win.

It's currently 1:33 AM for me. Launch is at 2:21 AM. I figure since I've made it this far I might as well continue. Luckily I do not have to wake up early tomorrow.

Gonna settle in bed with my iPad and watch it there!

I'm going to watch, since I'm already up with Teh Bebeh.

Got it up on the TV. Ain't technology wonderful.

Launched, staged, 2nd stage burning, first stage flipping around.

Fairing sep. 2nd stage going well.

First stage re-entry burn begun.

Landing burn begun.

MADE IT!!!!!!



Second stage final burn completed, JCSAT-14 deployed.

Stuck the landing!

LANDED!!!

Jackpot!

They stuck the landing! Perfect 10.

This is becoming "routine" far faster than I would have expected.

Stuck it in the pitch black of the Atlantic night!!!!

rharshberger said:

They stuck the landing! Perfect 10.

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I thought it blew up then the flames dyed down...kind of, looks like its still burning! Awesome landing right in the middle of the bulls-eye!

Wooohooo! Perfect landing!!

I just scared the cat, I yelled so loud. Looks like this landing was even closer to the middle of the target.

Glad I got up for it! Amazing landing, way to go SpaceX!

Nate

Go SpaceX!!!

It all occurred much faster then I was anticipating. Not much time all between the initial burns and the landing. I wonder what was burning after it touched down. Was it unused fuel or was part of the rocket structure burning? A very impressive flight.

Cl(VII) said:

This is becoming "routine" far faster than I would have expected.

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Still frackin' awesome to me.

The SpaceflightNow article mentions footage from a nearby boat. Anyone have a link? I couldn't find it handily.

Edit: Nevermind. It was in the technical webcast.

Just... wow.

Charles_McG said:

Still frackin' awesome to me.

The SpaceflightNow article mentions footage from a nearby boat. Anyone have a link? I couldn't find it handily.

Edit: Nevermind. It was in the technical webcast.

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I meant from a technical/success standpoint. Still doesn't make sense to see it happen. Feels like watching a movie...better, because I don't stay up after midnight for a movie.

Blinding white screen that clears to reveal a rocket just sitting there.

Best magic trick ever.

georgegassaway said:

Launched, staged, 2nd stage burning, first stage flipping around.

Fairing sep. 2nd stage going well.

First stage re-entry burn begun.

Landing burn begun.

MADE IT!!!!!!

Second stage final burn completed, JCSAT-14 deployed.

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They're getting better with the ship landing video connections, but this one caused some humorous reactions from the SpaceX crowd. Illumination seen due to approaching stage (woo!), frozen video (calms down a bit), bright washed out scene from exhaust (oooh!), mostly dark screen before camera adjusts exposure (awe...), stage seen sitting pretty (roar!).

Musk tweeted that three engines were burning for the landing, instead of the one engine that the last landing used. The entry speed was a lot higher this time because of the orbit they had to get to, and he gave it a 50-50 chance at landing.

I cant wait to see the Falcon9 Heavy lift off (hopefully in person) and see them land THREE first stages on three barges. That'll be amazing!

Charles_McG said:

Blinding white screen that clears to reveal a rocket just sitting there.

Best magic trick ever.

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"It's a hoax!" :wink:

Winston said:

"It's a hoax!" :wink:

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Darn it! First the moon landings. Now this. When will our alien lizard overlords stop taunting us?

(Yes, I know. They will stop taunting us immediately before lunch. Theirs. )

Charles_McG said:

Blinding white screen that clears to reveal a rocket just sitting there.

Best magic trick ever.

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That's exactly how it felt to me - barge picture, big flash of light (the expected post-crash explosion?) then, as the light died away - there it was, just sitting in middle of the landing circle. Just like magic.....