CRS-3 - APRIL 18 2014, 7:25:00 PM, -04:00 Success

Following second-stage separation, SpaceX conducted a second controlled-descent test of the discarded booster vehicle and achieved the first successful controlled ocean touchdown of a liquid-rocket-engine orbital booster. Following touchdown the first stage tipped over as expected and was destroyed. This was the first Falcon 9 booster to fly with extensible landing legs and the first Dragon mission with the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle.

Setup

Part Part name
Launchpad Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40
Rocket Falcon 9
Capsule C105
Payload CRS-3

Discussion

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