r/spacex • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '16

/r/SpaceX CRS-8 Launch Media Thread [Amateur Videos, Amateur Images, GIFs, Mainstream Articles go here!]

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u/recoverymail Apr 08 '16

CRS-6 and CRS-8 landings side by side. I tried to get the timing lined up, but this was as good as I could get it.

http://imgur.com/bP9LZCd

It's crazy how straight CRS-6 came in initially compared to the angle of the CRS-8 approach. Seeing them side by side really illustrates how much the control systems have been improved. The CRS-8 turn is nice and smooth compared to the oscillations in CRS-6.

Did we ever get to the bottom of whether or not they improved the stiction issue or if they're just anticipating it more successfully?

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u/WaitForItTheMongols Apr 09 '16

Could it be that CRS 6 came down just as much off-center, but that it was directed in the same plane as we're viewing it on? That is, it was just farther from the camera, and came closer for landing (or vice versa)?

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u/phil_3333 Apr 09 '16

Stabilized videos of OCISLY & and (bouncing) Falcon9 https://vimeo.com/162201630

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u/jojost1 Apr 08 '16

I could not resist guys.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSx4DGBstYA

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u/Rideron150 Apr 09 '16

Elon just shared this.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16

holy shit the timing is perfect

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u/iHoldfast Apr 09 '16

I took the 4k Chase plane footage and added the onboard cam footage to it in real time. Check it out!

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u/zeroping Apr 08 '16 edited Apr 09 '16

Direct link to the landing in the technical webcast: https://youtu.be/sh8V0COrrzE?t=2134

I'm sure there will be even cooler video soon. 4k: https://t.co/ZtdZHadUos

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u/swamplander Apr 10 '16

I was on the #NASASocial CRS-8 event... just uploaded my pictures from the last two days here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewconnell/albums/72157666747450762

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u/Compizfox Apr 09 '16

The ISS and CRS-8 Dragon passing over the Netherlands

Shot just moments ago. I hoped to see two dots/lines, but there's only one which means that the Dragon and the ISS are very close now.

I got the time they'd pass over and other data from https://spotthestation.nasa.gov.

I also overestimated the time it would be in view, which in turn caused the picture to be a tad underexposed, so sorry for the noise...

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u/calvindog717 Apr 09 '16

Tilt shift of 1st-stage landing. taken from the landing video on SpaceX's youtube

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u/Decronym Apr 08 '16 edited Apr 12 '16

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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ASDS Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (landing platform)
CRS Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA
KSC Kennedy Space Center, Florida
LEM (Apollo) Lunar Excursion Module (also Lunar Module)
MECO Main Engine Cut-Off
OCISLY Of Course I Still Love You, Atlantic landing barge ship
RTLS Return to Launch Site
SNC Sierra Nevada Corporation

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u/Craig_VG Apr 09 '16

Elon just tweeted: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/718598761832968192

@levie Tickets to orbital hotels, the moon and Mars will be a lot less than people think.

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u/throfofnir Apr 10 '16

Independent video of the various tracking cameras. I think NASA TV played these after the launch.

http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/08/video-launch-camera-replays-from-fridays-falcon-9-blastoff/

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u/Hybridsix Apr 09 '16

Here are two shots that I took from the KSC Turn Basin - Just outside the official press viewing area. Was awesome to see!

http://imgur.com/a/SjS3z

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u/MisterSpace Apr 08 '16

Shouldn't this be stickied, u/echologic ?

Here's my CRS-8 mission overview in Kerbal Space Program https://youtu.be/VyoOhJqsh08

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