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Today, SpaceX will try to gently put the first stage of the rocket Falcon-9
Today, 6 January 2015, at 11:00 GMT rocket Falcon-9 launch spacecraft Dragon, and then it will try to make the first step of a soft landing on the platform in the ocean.
To do this, it is equipped with special folding legs and can inhibit the surface using residual fuel (which has been successfully tested in a previous run). Do not forget that this is just an experiment and a lot of things can go wrong (for example, the missile misses by the platform). Furthermore, start-up can be moved in many ways. But in case of success, we are waiting for the revolution in delivering cargoes into space (and for the next SpaceX launch will be significantly cheaper). So Stored popcorn and wait for a session of the largest in the history of mankind Arkanoid, gentlemen!
A live webcast will be here: spaceflightnow.com/2015/01/05/spacex-5-mission-status-center/
UPD: Driving separation and landing stage:
Thank you, Rumlin
Source: geektimes.ru/post/243883/
To do this, it is equipped with special folding legs and can inhibit the surface using residual fuel (which has been successfully tested in a previous run). Do not forget that this is just an experiment and a lot of things can go wrong (for example, the missile misses by the platform). Furthermore, start-up can be moved in many ways. But in case of success, we are waiting for the revolution in delivering cargoes into space (and for the next SpaceX launch will be significantly cheaper). So Stored popcorn and wait for a session of the largest in the history of mankind Arkanoid, gentlemen!
A live webcast will be here: spaceflightnow.com/2015/01/05/spacex-5-mission-status-center/
UPD: Driving separation and landing stage:
Thank you, Rumlin
Source: geektimes.ru/post/243883/