On Thursday, 25th July 2019, Plat4om reported that SpaceX was transporting some interesting items to space using a rocket. The CEO of the spaceship company, Elon Musk, has now shared a video of the rocket’s re-entry. The video of the Falcon 9 rocket was shared on Twitter. The video majorly showed how it landed safely back to earth.
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The Falcon 9 went on SpaceX’s 18th mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The rocket released the payload section of the spacecraft and then fell back to earth in a controlled manner.
Falcon rocket reentry from space with double sonic booms pic.twitter.com/6DDPjcOgQH
— e^👁🥧 (@elonmusk) July 28, 2019
Meanwhile, the video of the SpaceX rocket shared by Musk was a compilation of four different perspectives of the landing. It starts with what looks like a fireball as the Falcon 9 speeds through the atmosphere.
The fireball later disappears to reveal the Falcon 9 piercing through the sky. However, the rocket continued to maintain a perpendicular orientation all the way back to the ground. This is the perfect position for the rocket to allow its booster to control the descent.
Falcon 9 was able to carry almost 9,000 experiments and items during this CRS-18 mission. The total weight of the payloads was over a ton. The slime was one of the most interesting items sent out, along with an Adidas ball.
Consequently, the next Falcon 9 launch is expected to happen on 3rd August 2019. The rocket will take the AMOS-17 communication satellite from Israel to Space.
