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First-stage landing | Onboard camera

SpaceX · demo · Watch on YouTube

Space exploration & spaceflight

What it is

Sped-up onboard camera footage of the Falcon 9 first stage landing on a drone ship during the THAICOM 8 mission on May 27, 2016. It shows the descent from grid fin deployment to touchdown.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it in SpaceX landing threads as the best first-person view of how hard a booster landing is.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “The landing video from the rocket[0] really puts into perspective how much this truly is 'rocket science'.”

    Onboard footage of a Falcon 9 landing on a drone ship

    mabbo, 2016-05 · Recommendation · in “SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time”

  2. “Shows everything from grid fin deploy onward during daylight hours.”

    Daylight footage of grid fin deploy through landing on the drone ship

    dtparr, 2016-07 · Recommendation · in “Second Landing of Falcon 9 First Stage at Landing Zone 1”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: spacex, falcon 9, booster landing, drone ship, onboard footage

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