Launch News SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.2 with CRS-9, July 18, 2016

[PhantomCruiser]

Were you at Jetty Park or over on the causeway?

 

[ADSWNJ]

'Grats SpaceX, and pictures needed Kyle! There's not many people in the world that get to say they saw a rocket takeoff and (controlled) landing inside 20 mins!

 

[Kyle]

Were you at Jetty Park or over on the causeway?

Port Canaveral SR-401 Didn't feel like paying $15 for parking. I'm editing the pictures now (long exposures).

 

[Messierhunter]

Check out this footage a friend shot from just outside the gate at the Cape last night:

 

[Keatah]

Now that 5 boosters have been recovered. Can they be used again? And at what cost for refurb?

 

[Ripley]

Can they be used again?

Well, that's the whole point of recovering them.
Don't know about the cost.

 

[Hlynkacg]

Now that 5 boosters have been recovered. Can they be used again? And at what cost for refurb?

SpaceX has announced that they intend to re-fly the booster used for CRS-8 later this autumn but have yet to release any details beyond that.

Edit: Link...

 

[Kyle]

Here's my shot! I pretty badly overexposed it (this was the first time I've seen a night launch since STS-128, so I forgot how bright they actually are), but you can see the landing burn on the right side. Next time I'll try 5 second exposures with a much higher f-stop.

 

[IronRain]

Here's my shot! I pretty badly overexposed it (this was the first time I've seen a night launch since STS-128, so I forgot how bright they actually are), but you can see the landing burn on the right side. Next time I'll try 5 second exposures with a much higher f-stop.

New wallpaper!
Awesome shot!

 

[ADSWNJ]

Here's my shot! I pretty badly overexposed it (this was the first time I've seen a night launch since STS-128, so I forgot how bright they actually are), but you can see the landing burn on the right side. Next time I'll try 5 second exposures with a much higher f-stop.

Jealous, man! That's an awesome shot!

What was the sonic boom like on the return? Lots of 911 calls from non-rocket scientists. (I mean Jeez ... it's only one of Elon's trucks parking in the parking lot.)

 

[Kyle]

Jealous, man! That's an awesome shot!

What was the sonic boom like on the return? Lots of 911 calls from non-rocket scientists. (I mean Jeez ... it's only one of Elon's trucks parking in the parking lot.)

Loud! I was pretty startled by it even though I was expecting it. Definitely a different sound than shuttle, made a "boom-bah-boom" sound (STS was "boom-boom").

 

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Capture and berthing live on NASA TV now:

 

[Notebook]

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/07/SpaceX_Dragon_CRS-9_chasing_the_ISS

SpaceX Dragon CRS-9 chasing the ISS

 

[orb]

NASASpaceflight.com: CRS-9 Dragon begins homecoming to conclude successful mission


CRS-9 departed ISS ~2 hours ago:

 

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[ame="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/769199887300689921"]SpaceX on Twitter: "Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed, carrying thousands of pounds of @NASA science and research cargo back from the @Space_Station."[/ame]
[ame="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/769202858382069763"]SpaceX on Twitter: "Recovery teams en route to Dragon, pic taken from about 10 miles out https://t.co/B4ofhGZptD"[/ame]