{"id":15586,"date":"2016-04-13T23:10:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T15:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/new-views-of-falcon-9-landing-from-on-board-spacexs-drone-ship\/"},"modified":"2016-04-13T23:10:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T15:10:10","slug":"new-views-of-falcon-9-landing-from-on-board-spacexs-drone-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/new-views-of-falcon-9-landing-from-on-board-spacexs-drone-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"New views of Falcon 9 landing from on-board SpaceX\u2019s drone ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX has released new photos of last week\u2019s thrilling rocket landing aboard a floating drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, showing the 15-story Falcon 9 first stage slowing to a hover just as it touched down on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>The first stage booster landed less than nine minutes after launching from Cape Canaveral on Friday with a Dragon supply ship heading for the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>It marked the first time SpaceX has landed a rocket at sea.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX plans to inspect and test the recovered rocket stage, planning to refly the booster on another orbital mission as soon as June.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14344\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14344\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26326603741_1729613ac3_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26326603741_1729613ac3_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26326603741_1729613ac3_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14345\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14345\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/25790039543_b29394159f_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/25790039543_b29394159f_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/25790039543_b29394159f_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14346\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14346\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/25788014884_2ab3a09ef2_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/25788014884_2ab3a09ef2_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/25788014884_2ab3a09ef2_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14347\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14347\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26300510612_340981373e_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26300510612_340981373e_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26300510612_340981373e_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14348\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14348\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/25787998624_d77cd1b381_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/25787998624_d77cd1b381_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/25787998624_d77cd1b381_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14349\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14349\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26326588761_f4971b59fd_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26326588761_f4971b59fd_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26326588761_f4971b59fd_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14350\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14350\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26366878046_e9e5b00c2e_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26366878046_e9e5b00c2e_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26366878046_e9e5b00c2e_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14351\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14351\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26119927200_5dca79a5a6_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26119927200_5dca79a5a6_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26119927200_5dca79a5a6_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14352\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14352\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26300505022_5217a91408_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26300505022_5217a91408_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26300505022_5217a91408_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14354\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14354\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26326628031_955f318fc3_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26326628031_955f318fc3_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26326628031_955f318fc3_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14356\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14356\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26392773055_231a99b1e4_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26392773055_231a99b1e4_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/26392773055_231a99b1e4_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX has released new photos of last week\u2019s thrilling rocket landing aboard a floating drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, showing the 15-story Falcon 9 first stage slowing to a hover just as it touched down on the platform. 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