{"id":16684,"date":"2015-01-10T21:41:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-falcon-9-rocket-climbs-away-from-cape-canaveral\/"},"modified":"2015-01-10T21:41:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:41:47","slug":"photos-falcon-9-rocket-climbs-away-from-cape-canaveral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-falcon-9-rocket-climbs-away-from-cape-canaveral\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from Cape Canaveral"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crowned with a commercial cargo capsule with 5,100 pounds of provisions and experiments, SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, sending the Dragon supply ship on a two-day trek to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

The 208-foot-tall booster, burning a mixture of kerosene and liquid oxygen, climbed into space from SpaceX\u2019s Complex 40 launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Liftoff occurred at 4:47 a.m. EST (0947 GMT).<\/p>\n

The successful launch put the Dragon spacecraft in an on-target orbit, setting the stage for its rendezvous with the space station Monday.<\/p>\n

A secondary objective of Saturday\u2019s launch was a major test of the Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s flyback and recovery maneuver, an unprecedented experiment that aimed to land the launcher\u2019s first stage on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 miles east of Jacksonville, Fla.<\/p>\n

The booster completed the first phase of the flyback experiment as designed, navigating to the unmanned landing ship after a supersonic re-entry back into the atmosphere, but the rocket failed to achieve a soft landing on the platform.<\/p>\n

The photos below are from remote cameras at the Falcon 9 launch and a nearby viewing site, showing the rocket\u2019s liftoff and a glimpse of the first stage\u2019s \u201cboost back\u201d maneuver to begin its controlled descent back to Earth.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Scriptunas Images<\/b><\/p>\n

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Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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