Landing Legs Retracted while Still on Droneship - Major Advance for SpaceX Falcon 9 Reusability that Launched 1st Humans: Photos

Recovered SpaceX Falcon 9 1st stage booster with all 4 landing legs retracted is held vertically in place atop OCISLY droneship – with no stabilizing crane – at Port Canaveral on June 3, 2020 in a remarkable first for the firms rocket recycling efforts. This 16 story tall booster is also the 1st Falcon 9 to launch NASA astronauts to orbit on May 30, 2020 on the NASA Demo-2 test flight to the ISS from Space Launch Complex-39A on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, FL. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com

4 June 2020

Ken Kremer - - For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM

PORT CANAVERAL, FL – In another remarkable first for a mission already full of stunning firsts all four landing legs were retracted today while still on the droneship upon which the commercial SpaceX Falcon 9 1^st stage landed  at sea following its first ever launch of humans to space just days ago on May 30 - marking a major advance in rocket reusability.

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