SpaceX Falcon Launch & Landing Attempt 5/27 5:40 PM

[JEDI]

Elon confirmed on Twitter, RUD on the 1st stage. However they got more data to increase the odds of a successful landing in the future.

RUD?

so this was a failure?
did they lose the payload as well?

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

It was a failure to land/recover the first stage rocket in one piece, payload was launched fine.

 

[JEDI]

Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

It was a failure to land/recover the first stage rocket in one piece, payload was launched fine.

thx!
cant wait for the video to see what happened

 

[PottedMeat]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 2h2 hours ago

As mentioned at the beginning of the year, I'm expecting ~70% success rate on landings for the year. 2016 is the year of experimentation.

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 2h2 hours ago

Looks like early liquid oxygen depletion caused engine shutdown just above the deck

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 2h2 hours ago

Turns out the landing was not as fast we thought, but still hard enough to destroy the primary airframe and accordion the engines

Video:
http://i.imgur.com/CKNXnni.gifv

 

[JEDI]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author



Video:
http://i.imgur.com/CKNXnni.gifv

so it landed hard and accordioned but stayed upright?
too much smoke in video to see aftermath

 

[Thebobo]

The remains,

Video

 

[tynopik]

video of them lifting remains off barge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SRhuQji2nw

 

[PottedMeat]

video of them lifting remains off barge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SRhuQji2nw

neat

 

[Thebobo]

RC space X falcon booster landing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19mnsxcgjR0