{"id":14151,"date":"2017-04-06T01:32:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T05:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14151"},"modified":"2017-04-06T01:32:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T05:32:30","slug":"videos-reuse-of-the-spacex-rocket-is-a-really-big-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14151","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Reuse of the SpaceX rocket &#8220;is a really big deal!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/everydayastronaut.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Everyday Astronaut<\/a>\u00a0explains why last week&#8217;s re-flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster that flew last year was a major advance towards affordable access to space:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sJki4pTfJMo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Loren Grush gives her take on the event: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/3\/30\/15117096\/spacex-launch-reusable-rocket-success-falcon-9-landing\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX makes aerospace history with successful launch and landing of a used rocket &#8211; The Verge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Eeklq1IAvQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX released this brief GIF of the landing of the booster on a floating platform at sea:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BSfJDjMFzwR\/\" target=\"_blank\">Falcon 9 landing on the &#8220;Of Course I Still Love You&#8221; droneship after delivering SES-10 into orbit.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by SpaceX (@spacex) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-04-05T02:16:55+00:00\">Apr 4, 2017 at 7:16pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a nice photo of the booster coming down for a landing:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"SES-10 Mission | Falcon 9 First Stage Landing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacex\/32996435084\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/4\/3831\/32996435084_6099659456.jpg\" alt=\"SES-10 Mission | Falcon 9 First Stage Landing\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The booster returned to Port Canaveral this week. This video shows the booster by the dock. The scale of the rocket can be appreciated by seeing the workers underneath the landing legs<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WvdYzl_4w28?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=hobbyspace&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=primegift&amp;banner=10BSGCHPCJG0HZN45H82&amp;f=ifr&amp;lc=pf4&amp;linkID=LAMTCOYAXGZKVLOL\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Everyday Astronaut\u00a0explains why last week&#8217;s re-flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster that flew last year was a major advance towards affordable access to space: Loren Grush gives her take on the event: SpaceX makes aerospace history with successful launch and landing of a used rocket &#8211; The Verge SpaceX released this brief &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14151\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Reuse of the SpaceX rocket &#8220;is a really big deal!&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3Gf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16883,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16883","url_meta":{"origin":14151,"position":0},"title":"Videos: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates light show over Southern California","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Vandenberg AFB on Sunday night with an Argentine radar earth observation satellite. 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