Earlier this week SpaceX’s SN10 rocket took off, ascended to ±10km, and then after a free fall in the horizontal position turned vertical again to successfully land (only to explode a few minutes later). While you can rewatch the whole thing online I’m more fascinated by this composite photo by Jack Beyer, visualizing the trajectory: …
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Falcon Heavy & Starman
Official SpaceX Falcon Heavy aftermovie: That synchronous landing of the boosters still amazes me.
Rocket Launch 360: DeltaIV NROL-45
After having seen SpaceX successfully land their Falcon 9 rocket on a sea barge earlier this week, now comes this amazing video: 360 cameras captured one of the most powerful activities in spaceflight … launch. No human being has ever experienced a rocket launch from this close