{"id":14759,"date":"2017-08-14T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T21:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14759"},"modified":"2017-08-14T17:32:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T21:32:08","slug":"videos-spacex-rocket-launches-dragon-cargo-ship-and-booster-returns-for-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14759","title":{"rendered":"Videos: SpaceX rocket launches Dragon cargo ship and booster returns for landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> Falcon 9 rocket launched today and put a Dragon cargo spacecraft on track to berth with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a> on Wednesday morning. The first stage booster of the Falcon 9 came down for a successful landing back at Cape Canaveral. Here are a couple of videos showing the launch and the booster return (note the sonic booms just after landing):<\/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\/f_BIxC7TH_o?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><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\/HdiQM-AzHOI?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 is reaching a launch rate of about two per month. Plus, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Launch Alliance<\/a> launches an Atlas V or Delta IV rocket once a month or so as well. So when you scheduled your next Florida vacation trip, you might check a <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/launch-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launch schedule<\/a> to see if you can overlap with an upcoming liftoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched today and put a Dragon cargo spacecraft on track to berth with the International Space Station on Wednesday morning. The first stage booster of the Falcon 9 came down for a successful landing back at Cape Canaveral. Here are a couple of videos showing the launch and the booster &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14759\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: SpaceX rocket launches Dragon cargo ship and booster returns for landing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3Q3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13934,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13934","url_meta":{"origin":14759,"position":0},"title":"Video: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends a Dragon to ISS and lands booster at Cape","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon spacecraft full of cargo heading to the International Space Station. 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