Saturday, June 05, 2010

Photos: SpaceX Falcon 9 Takes Flight On Maiden Mission

Photo Credit: Chris Thompson/SpaceX











Posted by Todd Halvorson at 12:01 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Private industry at its best. A manufacturing company, 2 flight proven booters, and a space capsule for less then NASA spent on the Ares I service tower. Congrats SpaceX.

4:17 PM
Western Spaceport said...

Did anyone notice the one-quarter roll rotation of the first stage immediately upon liftoff? You would think that would be a cause of concern as it was heading in the direction of the strong arm mount.

9:15 PM

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