LIVE: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 - SpX-6/CRS-6 DRAGON - April 14 - LAUNCH

• #280 by clongton on 15 Apr, 2015 18:22
• Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 15 Apr, 2015 16:22

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  SpaceX Engineer ‏@SpaceXEngineer 3m3 minutes ago
  
  Holy cow... We got go-pro footage from the barge... It's unreal! Literally landed and then tipped over, ACS thrusters trying their hardest

  
  https://twitter.com/SpaceXEngineer/status/588375834030776320
  

  
  Hmm. I wonder if acs thrusters located up high *between* the grid fins might provide some stability at zero velocity, zero altitude until MECO.  They wouldn't need more than 5-10 seconds of propellant. Just a thought.
• #281 by corrodedNut on 15 Apr, 2015 18:27
• I made a gif, enjoy

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• #282 by Ohsin on 15 Apr, 2015 18:51
• Quote from: corrodedNut on 15 Apr, 2015 18:27

  I made a gif, enjoy
  

  
  Good god 21MB GIF!
  
  Edit: Gfycat is wonderful wish it could be embedded 

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  SolarDeploy.mp4
• #283 by Ohsin on 15 Apr, 2015 20:10
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   Just look at that tail! And damn busy two months ahead for ASDS JRtI
  
  Edit: Attached here as its 'Private' now.
• #284 by Chris Bergin on 15 Apr, 2015 20:40
• Locking this one as we have the same conversion going on in several threads. Use the discussion thread please Merged the following posts into there.
  
  New UPDATE thread for the ISS events.
• #285 by Chris Bergin on 16 Apr, 2015 15:14
• On to the RNDZ, Berthing and ISS Ops Live Thread!
  http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37321.0