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Today’s SpaceX launch will see the first attempt at landing its booster
The latest SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station is set to lift off at 6pm US Eastern Time today. The Falcon 9 launch vehicle will be sending a Dragon capsule into orbit to bring over 5,000 lbs of supplies and science experiments to the ISS. If all goes according to plan, the Dragon will rendezvous with the Station early Wednesday morning (also US Eastern). This is SpaceX's third resupply mission, so parts of the liftoff and rendezvous are likely to be routine. Lately,… (arstechnica.com) Daha Fazlası...
I want to see it land.
going to be awhile on that. the "landing" is going to be at sea and don't know how much video would be available off the spent booster.
Are they landing at sea with the legs down?
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/009/140414recovery/#.U010-OZdVrY
Yes.
Yes.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#.U0wQ615XrNY