Rocket landings by no means get previous, as a brand new video exhibits.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft towards the Worldwide House Station (ISS) on Sunday (Aug. 4). The rocket’s first stage then returned to Earth for a protected touchdown, which the 37-second video chronicles in nice element, each visible and auditory.
“Monitoring footage of Falcon 9’s first stage booster touchdown and sonic increase,” SpaceX wrote in an outline of the video, which it posted to X on Monday (Aug. 5).
Sonic booms are widespread occurrences throughout Falcon 9 first-stage reentries. The sound comes because the boosters decelerate, crossing the sound barrier within the high-to-low-speed path.
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