It's still hard to realise that the booster is like the height of the statue of liberty, dropping from space and landing.
what a landing!
Arrays deployed.. looks like a complete success pending ISS berthing in a few days.
[QUOTE=Morgen;51844850]Arrays deployed.. looks like a complete success pending ISS docking in a few days.[/QUOTE]
Is the international adapter on? Will it be an assisted docking?
[QUOTE=Bradyns;51844855]Is the international adapter on? Will it be an assisted docking?[/QUOTE]
Cargo dragon is always berthed, never docked.
[QUOTE=OvB;51844863]Cargo dragon is always birthed, never docked.[/QUOTE]
I thought the plan was to move toward docking - or is the preference of a human at the helm to interface with the station.
O Captain! My Captain!
[QUOTE=Bradyns;51844874]I thought the plan was to move toward docking - or is the preference of a human at the helm to interface with the station.[/QUOTE]
Docking is with Dragon 2. OvB is correct that Dragon 1 is still berthed.
[QUOTE=OvB;51844863]Cargo dragon is always birthed, never docked.[/QUOTE]
You mean berthed?
The Strongback throwback at liftoff was awesome, too bad the SpaceX stream didn't show it well.
[video=youtube;mzEloqzys3Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzEloqzys3Y[/video]
[QUOTE=BlackPhoenix;51844929]You mean berthed?[/QUOTE]
Yeah that. I was tired.
[QUOTE=Pelf;51845142]The Strongback throwback at liftoff was awesome, too bad the SpaceX stream didn't show it well.
[video=youtube;mzEloqzys3Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzEloqzys3Y[/video][/QUOTE]
I definitely saw it.
It was a metric fuckton more forceful than the previous arms.
Watched the halt yesterday and then I completely forgot about this, damn.
Nice to see that they're still sticking the landing.
I slept in considering the weather in Florida was suppose to be shit I thought it would be scrubbed
watching it vanish into the cloud layer just above the pad was pretty cool though
I want someone to make a gif of the onboard camera from launch to landing. Hopefully Musk will post it once they recover the data. The stream was a bit dodgy.
[QUOTE=Morgen;51845606][video=youtube;glEvogjdEVY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glEvogjdEVY[/video][/QUOTE]
Is this the first time they've landed back on land, rather than on a barge?
This is so fucking exciting
[QUOTE=Instant Mix;51845645]Is this the first time they've landed back on land, rather than on a barge?[/QUOTE]
No, their first landing was the RTF Orbcomm (OG2) in Dec '15 which was an RTLS landing at the same pad LZ-1.
[video=youtube;ANv5UfZsvZQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANv5UfZsvZQ[/video]
[video=youtube;ZCBE8ocOkAQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCBE8ocOkAQ[/video]
[QUOTE=Morgen;51845606][video=youtube;glEvogjdEVY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glEvogjdEVY[/video][/QUOTE]
[U][B]Please[/B][/U], someone make this into an avatar I can use!
[QUOTE=Bradyns;51845665]No, their first landing was the RTF Orbcomm (OG2) in Dec '15 which was an RTLS landing at the same pad LZ-1.
[U][B]Please[/B][/U], someone make this into an avatar I can use![/QUOTE]
Here ya go.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/WNQVNRp.gif[/img]
That landing looked so futuristic, and calm. I was kinda surprised at how fast the whole thing was.
[QUOTE=Morgen;51845606][video=youtube;glEvogjdEVY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glEvogjdEVY[/video][/QUOTE]
I can't wait until this is as routine as watching planes take off or ships come in.
[editline]19th February 2017[/editline]
I can't wait for this to be mundane.
[QUOTE=Instant Mix;51845645]Is this the first time they've landed back on land, rather than on a barge?[/QUOTE]
Would just like to add that this is the third time. OG2, CRS-9, and now CRS-10. I completely forgot about CRS-9.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCBE8ocOkAQ[/media]
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKCU6WfLtjk[/media]
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glEvogjdEVY[/media]
[QUOTE=Morgen;51845606][video=youtube;glEvogjdEVY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glEvogjdEVY[/video][/QUOTE]
Is that actual footage? Something about that is breathtakingly beautiful.
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