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Video landing SpaceX Falcon 360

SpaceX made several unsuccessful attempts to land the return first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform. This is a difficult task, but the company finally coped with it, and the stage successfully landed on the platform on April 8, 2016, after which it reached the hangar at the Kennedy Space Center. to prepare for reusability testing in June .

SpaceX on its YouTube channel posted a 360-degree video of landing of the return stage on the floating platform.

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On April 8, 2016, the Falcon 9 Full Thrust ship successfully delivered the supplies and the inflatable module to the International Space Station, and its first stage returned without damage to the floating platform, completing the speed quenching maneuver.
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Landing on April 8, view from the side:


View from the 360 ​​platform:


Returning the first stage of the Falcon 9 home:

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/393689/


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