GLS
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Capsule touchdown!
It seems everything worked!
It seems everything worked!
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GLS
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Manned flight Sunday!
TheShuttleExperience
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A lucky man. Can't wait to see his reaction and thoughts afterwards...
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Completely missed it 
TheShuttleExperience
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I missed it too. It is probably stored in the low priority compartment in my brain due to being a sub-orbital tourist flight only 
Boxx
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quiet brutal touchdown, IMHO. Total flight = 10min, including a 2- or 3-min weightless flight maximum............
the landing of the booster is impressive.
the landing of the booster is impressive.
GLS
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Like the Soyuz, it has retrorockets that fire just before touchdown to slowdown to a comfortable velocity.
Boxx
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Hence, the dust, okay. 1MPH = 1.6km/h = 45cm/s 
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No date yet...
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Live stream for later today:
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T-5 Minutes!
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T-90 seconds!
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T0, liftoff!!!
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MECO and CC separation!!!
The velocity seemed to stop climbing a bit before MECO...
The velocity seemed to stop climbing a bit before MECO...
GLS
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Booster touchdown!
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CC touchdown!!!!
TheShuttleExperience
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Interesting that they call the people onboard "astronauts". According to NASA and the IAF, only a person that orbits Earth is an astronaut. But I guess it's one of those things one can argue about endlessly. But they are for sure spacemen though, having crossed the Kármán line for a short period of time.
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