Monday, November 25, 2019

Legless Quadruply Launched SpaceX Falcon 9 Lowered Horizontal, Landing Legs Detached after Retraction Unsuccessful: Photos

1st Quadruply launched/recovered SpaceX Falcon 9 1st stage is tilted and lowered horizontally by two cranes and crews working together around 245 PM EST Nov. 19, 2019, four days after arriving vertical atop OCISLY droneship into Port Canaveral, FL on Nov. 15. From Nov. 11 SpaceX Starlink launch.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
23 November 2019

Ken Kremer – For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM  

PORT CANAVERAL/CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – The first ever quadruply launched & landed SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster from the Starlink liftoff was leglessly lowered horizontal on Tuesday, Nov. 19 and transported back to Cape Canaveral after all four landing legs were completely detached when technicians attempts to retract them were unsuccessful in Port Canaveral, Florida. 

Read the entire story at Space UpClose:
https://www.spaceupclose.com/2019/11/legless-quadruply-launched-spacex-falcon-9-lowered-horizontal-landing-legs-detached-after-retraction-unsuccessful-photos/

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