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Falcon Heavy & Starman

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SpaceX's recap of the Falcon Heavy debut launch, with side booster landings and a Tesla Roadster with Starman sent into orbit.

HN references it for launch footage and the atmosphere of the first Falcon Heavy flight, including the center core landing failure.

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4 comments from Hacker News

@clutchingstraws2020 · in “SpaceX first stage landing failed for Starlink-4 launch”

This is accurate. More good examples of this passive-safety landing procedure in action were in the Heavy demo flight and the CRS-16 mission. The Heavy demo center core failed to relight two of the three engines needed for landing, and plunged right into the water off the side of the landing barge ( [VIDEO] ). CRS-16's booster had a hydraulic failure of the grid fins but still had engine and RCS control, so it was able to make a soft water splashdown at the last second (dramatic video from the booster's perspective is here: [LINK] ).

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@orangecat2020 · in “Upcoming test: SpaceX Starship high-altitude flight”

Unfortunately we didn't get good imagery of that particular catastrophe The best footage I've seen is at 1:10 in this video: [VIDEO]

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@trothamel2021 · in “SpaceX will soon fire up its Super Heavy booster for the first time”

[VIDEO] is my favorite way to watch that launch, just because of the way it integrate the people watching. We haven't had the crowds since the Space Shuttle stopped watching, and DM-2, Crew-1, and Crew-2 all happened during the pandemic - so this shows the old excitement.

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@Robotbeat2022 · in “SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch”

This video showing kids’ reaction to the Falcon Heavy inaugural launch is pretty fun. The dual-landing is absolutely insane. Straight up science fiction. [VIDEO]

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