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T+6 minutes. Stage 2 nominal.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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7 minutes into the flight. M-Vac continues to burn well.
Liftoff for St. Jude's! Go Dragon, Go Falcon, Godspeed Inspiration4!

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Stage 1 entry burn.
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T+7 minutes.

Stage 1 re-entry has started and shutdown.
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Entry burn complete.
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Standing by for first stage landing burn and SECO-1.
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Stage 1 transonic. Landing burn!!
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SpaceX, uh, OCISLY here. The Falcon has landed.
Liftoff for St. Jude's! Go Dragon, Go Falcon, Godspeed Inspiration4!

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YES YES YES

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WOW!!
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We have SECO-1. Standing by for Dragon sep.
Liftoff for St. Jude's! Go Dragon, Go Falcon, Godspeed Inspiration4!

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Touchdown!
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Amazing, congrats to SpaceX!

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T+10 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Landing (barely) on the barge, sep....great job SpaceX!

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Dragon has separated from the second stage. Standing by for solar panel deployment in two minutes.
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Dragon separation!
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Dragon S/C Sep!
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Breathtaking. Congratulations SpaceX!!!


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That boat's a rockin!
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