Liftoff for SpaceX Dragon on its way to ISS

[Hamartia Antidote]

Liftoff for SpaceX Dragon on its way to ISS | euronews, world news

It’s liftoff for US spacecraft Dragon which has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, following a setback earlier this week. However, an attempt to land a re-usable rocket on a barge has failed.

The craft being carried by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, is bound for the International Space Station (ISS) with 1.6 tonnes of supplies including some 2,000 kilos of science experiments. In particular a system for monitoring cloud formation as well as materials for researching brain diseases under space conditions.

It is expected to rendezvous with the ISS on Monday, staying for a month before making the descent back to Earth.

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liftoff at 16:00

 

[ravinderpalrulez]

space x fails recovery test

 

[SvenSvensonov]

space x fails recovery test

Fails? In the Navy we call incidents like this "redefined operational objectives." But seriously, there is no failure. Sure the rocket failed to land on the bardge... On the first try in human history!!! But SpaceX will have a mountain of data to use to make sure the second test is a success.

Early failure breeds long-term success, it's good to fail early. That allows you to fix your mistakes.

Also, that the rocket even found the bardge, and tried to land on it is a win in my book. Seriously, a rocket found a floating bardge and nearly landed on it without human intervention!!!

In SpaceX we trust!!!!!

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

space x fails recovery test

That's the recovery rocket not the spacecraft.
The idea is instead of throwing the rocket away they will have it launch the spacecraft and then instead of burning up or crashing uselessly to the ground they will...try and land it!!

It made it to the platform but the touchdown was hard...damaging the platform too.

 

[jamahir]

@Peter C

thanks for the post... it has been some time since i followed spacex launches and achievements.

@SvenSvensonov is right about the falcon rocket being able to find the barge in the first place and trying to land on it... below is the barge ( photo from bbc site )...

only spacex has developed this resusable rocket capability though i am surprised at the delay since announcement, what, three years ago??

spacex and elon musk are an asset to humanity... look at their twitter page picture... mars, terraformed...

 

[jammersat]

Nice pics , hope it doesn't blow the ISIS out of existence

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

@Peter C

...only spacex has developed this resusable rocket capability though i am surprised at the delay since announcement, what, three years ago??
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This is the first time they actually bothered dragging the barge out to sea. Before they were just testing the landing system in the open ocean to see if it would work.

 

[gslv]

@Peter C

thanks for the post... it has been some time since i followed spacex launches and achievements.

@SvenSvensonov is right about the falcon rocket being able to find the barge in the first place and trying to land on it... below is the barge ( photo from bbc site )...

only spacex has developed this resusable rocket capability though i am surprised at the delay since announcement, what, three years ago??

spacex and elon musk are an asset to humanity... look at their twitter page picture... mars, terraformed...

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Why you are following the spacex program dude, it's not socialistic right?

 

[jamahir]

This is the first time they actually bothered dragging the barge out to sea. Before they were just testing the landing system in the open ocean to see if it would work.

yes, and i suppose they don't plan to always land falcon-r on the seas... this is just to perfect the landing system, yes??

Why you are following the spacex program dude, it's not socialistic right?

spacex is socialistic if not socialist.

for example, spacex isn't on the stock exchanges at least as of 2013... and its mars program doesn't seem to have nationalistic angle.

besides, what is socialism if not simplification, common sense and scientific ideology... and spacex is all that.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

yes, and i suppose they don't plan to always land falcon-r on the seas... this is just to perfect the landing system, yes??

Launching rockets is still dangerous stuff. Usually they launch from uninhabited areas or mostly over the ocean so in case something goes wrong pieces don't rain down on people's heads. Since launches are mostly over water the rocket is more likely to either have to land at a coastal pad or a barge in the ocean...depends upon how much fuel it has left to maneuver laterally.