SpaceX Falcon 9 1st stage landing (images & video dump) (1 pic 2nite, more tomorrow)

[Dr Mordrid]

Taken by a cam at the top of the landing first stage from the recent CRS-3 ISS resupply mission. Video also said to be coming after they clean it up.

Aviation Week has called this R&D "exemplar" and a "model"

http://m.aviationweek.com/editorial/editorial-spacex-s-plan-shows-aggressive-investment-rd

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk
Partly cleaned up frame from rocket landing. Full stream posted on http://spacex.com* tmrw
http://pic.twitter.com/3c754LVYVK

[Dr Mordrid]

This is a low altitude test of the landing system done days before the actual flight. Bear in mind that this first stage is well over 150 feet tall.

[Evildead666]

Thats a great screencap Elon's posted : Just above the waves, looking very vertical, and very stable
Vid tomorrow, sweet

[Dr Mordrid]

This is even better

Elon Musk@ elonmusk
Falcon 9 onboard camera shot right before splashdown. Full vid posting shortly to http://t.co/0ibzGWMxzu. http://t.co/RXcKJ1d36G

Nitroc3ll ‏@nitroc3ll 10h
@elonmusk is this the rocket from the crs-3 mission?

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 10h
@nitroc3ll yes


Micah Taulbee ‏@micahgtb 10h
@elonmusk Was it to fuel depletion?

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 9h
@micahgtb almost


Kevin Pluck ‏@constrainedbyc 10h
@elonmusk How did tech like landing radar (I'm guessing) cope with wave motion?

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 9h
@constrainedbyc no problem

[Evildead666]

Wow, the video is really f**ked up.
Got the raw (4.3Mb) .ts file to play with.

[Dr Mordrid]

Telemetry was really f'ed up by the storm, plus the NASA P3 was grounded by icing. Next try May 10.

[Evildead666]

Well there's not much you can do with the video.
If the data isn't there, it isn't there. can't invent it.

A shame really, because the couple of flashes you can see in the upper half of the screen, show stable hovering, and then a descent into the waves, with a yellowish flame.

I'm sure the next vid will be a lot better