Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : CRS-11 : June 3, 2017 : UPDATES (Read 210874 times)

chad1011 · « **Reply #360 on:** 06/04/2017 03:21 am »

Missed the launch, but the replays are awesome! Boring countdown, boring flight, and a boring landing... I never knew boring could be so exciting! Congrats to SpaceX, NASA, NSF, and everyone else involved in the flight.

NASAGeek · « **Reply #361 on:** 06/04/2017 03:29 am »

Congrats to SpaceX and NASA! Couldn't view the launch live but great coverage by NSF.

Dante80 · « **Reply #362 on:** 06/04/2017 04:02 am »

Landing burn ignition, showing the green TEA-TEB cloud at the end.

foltster · « **Reply #363 on:** 06/04/2017 04:38 am »

Congrats to all. A beautiful 100th launch for 39A. Landings this routine are a little chilling.

Cheers!

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #364 on:** 06/04/2017 06:04 am »

More SpaceX launch and landing photos.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #365 on:** 06/04/2017 06:18 am »

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It's starting to feel kinda normal to reuse rockets. Good. That's how it is for cars & airplanes and how it should be for rockets.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/871227498809368580

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Landing seems pretty spot on

https://twitter.com/pandora659/status/871227808462192640

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Yeah, pretty much dead center. We painted the target area with radio reflective paint, which helps the radar be more precise.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/871228411494014976

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #366 on:** 06/04/2017 06:31 am »

Many congratulations to SpaceX once again. That landings are now routine is an amazing achievement and first re-use of Dragon is a fitting way to mark 100 launches from 39A.

I was going to post congratulations last night but started seeing the news reports about London, where I was born and raised. As my heart and thoughts go out to all those so cruelly affected, I am grateful for the CRS-11 and pad 39A reminders of the great things humanity can achieve and for the fantastic members of this forum who come together from all over the world to share a passion. Thank you.

guckyfan · « **Reply #367 on:** 06/04/2017 06:45 am »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 06/04/2017 06:18 am

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Yeah, pretty much dead center. We painted the target area with radio reflective paint, which helps the radar be more precise.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/871228411494014976

I wonder how heat resistant that coating is. Will they need to reapply it after every landing? In that case it may be easier to have some steel plating. For Radar probably not needed to cover the whole area. But then maybe the unaffected coating off center is also enough.

PahTo · « **Reply #368 on:** 06/04/2017 06:52 am »

Had to attend a memorial service for a true hero of the US and the planet (Polly Dyer), so missed everything.
...until of course I checked NSF. Thanks for all you do!

Congrats to SpX, NASA and the teams that make this happen!

cartman · « **Reply #369 on:** 06/04/2017 10:01 am »

Congrats to SpaceX for another perfect, yet historic launch where the Dragon was reused. Also many congrats to Chris G and NSF for asking the only really interesting questions in the presser. I think you have what it takes for an epic Elon Musk interview where he reveals everything this forum wants to know about!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #370 on:** 06/04/2017 11:37 am »

Update Thread for ISS arrival:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43072.0

John44 · « **Reply #371 on:** 06/04/2017 01:55 pm »

SpaceX CRS-11 - Post launch News Conference
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10053

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #372 on:** 06/04/2017 06:37 pm »

Yet more NASA photos, I suspect the last batch but some good ones.

Edit: oops, last one I added was SpaceX - now corrected

Bubbinski · « **Reply #373 on:** 06/04/2017 06:42 pm »

Congratulations SpaceX! Good work on getting CRS-11 to orbit and for getting the first stage core back, another successful landing.

Oersted · « **Reply #374 on:** 06/04/2017 08:54 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06/04/2017 12:35 am

Wow:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BU5JNxkg6rS/?taken-by=zacharygrannan

WOW indeed! - I hope I will one day get to hear that sonic boom live. The sound of science that rocks!

Congrats SpaceX. Loved the t-shirt on display at Hawthorne: "0 prayers given". Great.