SpaceX - Boost Back-Entry-Landing Burns - Shock Wave - NG20

Visible shock wave that creates a sonic boom.The first clear weather launch in a very long time. Ed was able to track the entire flight. Thanks to our Donors !! Thanks for Subscribing!! We are a US disabled veteran run, non-profit video production company whose mission is to bring other disabled US Veterans to witness a launch, experience US Space History and become part of our report. Our nonprofit 501(c)(3) is 100% tax deductible, just go to our webpage www.USLaunchReport.com which is merged with www.VeteransSpaceReport.com and find our Donate button. You can help change the life of a US Veteran. Thank You

[@LeifurThor-qu2bz]

I turn 60 this month, and from a kid who thought during the 60s I might be an astronaut when I got older working on an L5 space station only to experience a snails pace disinterested government abandon space nearly altogether, THANK YOU to everyone at SpaceX, and Elon Musk for bringing that dream back alive potentially for my son. It’s so amazingly inspirational, and awe inspiring. Thank You!

[@fnowat]

I am with you! I saw Starship two times go up from S. Texas! I missed all of the Apollo and all of the Shuttle launches but have the fever again also. Starship test 2 I got to witness with my son. Very thrilling! Test 3 I am hoping to see with my 9 year old grandson. He and my son are currently in N. California so it is going to be difficult. But maybe with more frequency of launches it will all happen for us. If you can, you should see it in person from South Texas.

[@cxar71]

You are just lucky the US abandoned space shortly after landing on the moon, the insane amount of spending that was needed to win the race to the moon against the Soviets would have bankrupted the States, just like Soviet Union WAS bankrupted by its effort to keep up.

[@bennytjia]

😂😂 we we

[@Beamshipcaptain]

We have had even more spectacular and science fiction type hardware since the 1950s. Watch as they slowly disclose warp drive and antigravs. Look at the TT Brown and Salvatore Pais US Navy patents, and compare it to what the military and everyone is seeing and filming.

[@judd0112]

Too bad astronauts are almost not needed anymore. Imagine that the Saturn 5 with all its systems etc had the calculation power of a pocket calculator today. And we don’t use the metric system. Whenever someone brings up the metric system nonsense I just remind them we put men on the moon using imperial. Anyway. Wish I could be around to see how space travel is farther in the future than our life expectancy

[@glennbrymer4065]

I'm 72, been reading scifi since I was 11 years old. This video has me in tears of great joy. Thank you very much for posting this. I'm an old retired US Army disabled veteran. This just Rocks! God Bless our country.

[@leokimvideo]

Drops like a rock, lands like a feather

[@brealistic3542]

Explodes like the Fourth of July ! 😁

[@Christian-xo8hu]

I think you're thinking of NASA's rockets 😂🎉​@@brealistic3542

[@citizenGman]

Yes, what a crock of shit.

[@rocketman4314]

@@brealistic3542 not anymore lol !!!

[@sammy7428]

I would've preferred they kept the camera focused on the bit that was going 'into the vacuum of space'.. Afterall thats where their magic happens isnt it.. How they plug the hole with a cork after they've left our gas prrssure contained system and gone into the 'vacuum of space'.. But instead they mis direct folk to watch the poinless landing of an empty refillable tin can.. I applaud their mis-direction techniques and fairytale nonsense of 'vacuum of space ' well done nasa/soaceX.. 👌

[@oldguyofarizona8602]

Tinfoil hat deniers notwithstanding, this is awesome on a scale not seen since the US put men on the moon with a slide rule. The shouts of joy from the people who made this happen bring a tear to my eye.

[@scottgremko4426]

Watching a rocket touch down on the earth never gets old to see.

[@tjmmcd1]

Watch episodes of the old Buck Rogers TV show and you'll see they had this technology way back in 1950.

[@71borto]

Love it

[@PDVism]

yeah... it's only been happening since the 90's Look up DC-X

[@e7studios]

8:45 even the shockwave is visible. great job!

[@yv5tx]

so incredible!

[@fabrb26]

Nice catch !

[@davecrupel2817]

That was a gorgeous catch!

[@drscribbles-mcsnifflephd.2996]

Great catch! thank you for sharing!!

[@roflolo]

Yes, it's a-maay-zin

[@Eric.Clay.]

SpaceX starting to make it look easy! An object the size of a skyscraper building, went to earth orbit and back with pinpoint accuracy in less than 10 minutes, and that's just routine for SpaceX now :D

[@johnsweazy358]

When I was watching science fiction movies in the fifties there were space ships that landed this way and to see it happen in real life is still thrilling to me!

[@thisisreallife5086]

Yes! And for years I would chuckle to myself because it was so "naive" of them to show rocket ships landing this way. I guess I was the naive one!

[@mpcahbpyd8882]

So thrilling!!! It still looks unreal to see a rocket land like they did in old sci-fi films. I’m so excited 😊

[@colbornfarms4849]

When science fiction turns to science fact

[@cgall4444]

Fjb

[@user-oj3nk5ni6s]

And it's still make believe...

[@NitroTom91]

You can't get bored of this ever. Good job!

[@kevinmcgovern5110]

+ A gazillion!

[@nitroxide17]

Completely agree

[@JohnSmith-gb5vg]

When I was a kid in the early 70’s @ Satellite Beach, you’d watch (& feel) the launches and after it left sight, we’d go back to playing in the surf. Now you “kids” get to hang around and watch it come back and land. Amazing.

[@highnessrm9256]

How many I see , reminds me of broomstick

[@georgehill3087]

@@JohnSmith-bw8dn 100 years from now, it'd probably be like, y'all need a rocket to fly up? Pfft, just walk through this portal. ez

[@ptolemythespacenerd]

Honestly some of the absolute best tracking footage of Falcon 9 RTLS I’ve EVER seen!

[@sparkdog44]

Fantastic isn't it....what type of camera is used?

[@edgeiger6621]

Blackmagic micro studio 4k,Sony camera

[@monx]

What kind of lens? :)

[@edgeiger6621]

@@monx 18 in perkin elmer telescope,7 in davro telescope,

[@dy6682]

Yes indeed!

[@ellesmerewildwood4858]

Watching the landing legs deploy at the last moment and that soft touchdown never gets old.

[@brendandrury2177]

Thee touchdown is crazy. How did they figure that out?

[@Nedankinde93]

i am in the computer science game and every time I watch one of these landings, it just blows my mind how many many people in engineering and math have come together to draw this very beautiful work of art.

[@rickjason215]

I believe the Moon landings had 400,000 people involved.

[@Ruinskiy]

Это не рисунок. Вы можете сами приехать и глазами посмотреть запуск и посадку. Сотни тысяч частных видео запусков и посадки в интернете. У нас в отсталой России тоже думали что графика, так как не хочется признавать что некогда ведущая в космосе страна давно отстала по всем показателям. Африканцы выдумывают ещё более сложные оправдания своей отсталости, что это деревянная конструкция на тросу

[@asynchronicity]

@@Ruinskiy I am sure that by using the phrase “draw this very beautiful work of art” he was speaking metaphorically.

[@23BeRAD]

Somebody drew it out

[@msheridan69]

9:26... engine CGI overlays the sail in the foreground of the shot?

[@SteveSalisbury]

It boggles my mind the amount of engineering that goes into this. Incredible

[@warwarneverchanges4937]

Almost 100 years soon

[@theamericanopry]

Elon Musk is so smart. Where does he find the time?

[@geezer652]

Some of Sheldon Cooper's best work!! 😁

[@outermarker5801]

@@theamericanopry Lol, Elon Musk is undoubtedly a technical visionary, but he isn't an aerospace or rocket engineer. He has very little to do with it from a purely technical standpoint. Plus remember it took years of failures to perfect this technology.

[@warwarneverchanges4937]

@@theamericanopry I doubt hes personally tinkering with rockets in his garage

[@garyweber8201]

Every time I watch a Falcon first stage landing, I'm in awe. Every. Single. Time.

[@dhbroussard89]

Elon!

[@Angarsk100]

Agreed! I can't wait to see a Starship Booster land! That will be one for memories!

[@The.Toaster]

On the descent it's mostly just drag stabilised like a badminton shuttlecock. Self centers and steady. The last moments as the boosters fire up and the landing arms deploy is a sight to behold though. It's incredibly simple once you get your head around it, it's a wonder it hadn't been done already.

[@jeffpalmer5502]

Me too!🍻

[@TheTruthHz]

@@The.Toaster Incredibly simple? So you can replicate this in your back yard.... right? THAT, simple. While the basic premise may be simple, the technology hasn't existed before now.... That's why it's only just been put into action as a working solution to landing the first stage in one piece.

[@NYJMattie]

What a time it is to witness what you have read in books as a kid!

[@clayz1]

Watching this, I watched the future just now. Amazing.

[@billporemba8368]

That is just incredible, saving money on boosters by relanding the them back and safely on earth. You gotta love it! Thank You SpaceX on bringing the Space Program alive in the U.S.!

[@markelkins8432]

First time I've seen the first stage tracked like this. It was quite spectacular!

[@edgeiger6621]

We have at least 5 different videos with great shots of the boastback to landing

[@mr.smitty1804]

My only complaint is our Air Quality... Still a Marvelous Feat of Human Engineering at it's finest. . . Wish this Technology was around Sooner.

[@ductanle2806]

At 08:46 the shockwaves can be seen. Incredible!

[@clnrrr]

those were my favourite moments. what a view!

[@libertarianman69]

It was fake. Sorry to disappoint you. Count the seconds it took for the sound to reach earth. About 2. Yup you've been lied to.

[@TheCrimsonBlade2]

@@libertarianman69how many seconds is real? Please include formula you used to work this out for such a brash claim so that we don’t disregard you as a liar and instigator

[@r3dm4il]

​@@libertarianman69i agree absolutely fake. all lies

[@jenkem4464]

@@libertarianman69 You're referencing a different time than the OP is referring to. 8:30 (sound of breaking the sound barrier/boosters firing/boosters turning off.) vs 8:46 (visibility of the shockwave bow when it passed through some clouds/smoke) You don't know if that sound you heard was actually the sound of breaking the sound barrier. There also might be some delay in the video feed vs the audio? Rest assured there are explanations...we've all seen these things in person so it's not like it's difficult to prove it's real. lol.

[@jonathanchester5916]

The quality of filming just gets better and better. It's hard to get a sense of the incredible scale of this booster, but imagine being up close as it come hurtling back to earth for a soft kiss landing. Wow, the rest of the industry just can't come close to this achievement.

[@s_video4570]

Запуск и посадка впечатляет! Успех - результат проявленного упорства и большой работы!

[@heyitsvos]

That entry shockwave was BOSS!

[@johnrogers9481]

'60's kid in N.Y. eh.

[@FirstLastOne]

Anyone else get full body goose bumps on that landing? We are living in modern Sci-Fi times. The sky's the limit!

[@Beamshipcaptain]

The sky is no longer the limit.

[@everettlwilliamsii3740]

I've almost stopped reading science fiction because so much of it is now science fact.

[@Beamshipcaptain]

@@everettlwilliamsii3740 Exactly!

[@fred6907]

And yet the Marxists left wing lunatics hate Elon like never before. "He hasn't created anything", yeah right. Bunch of envious losers living on well-fare checks.

[@mro4440]

Teary eyed!!

[@ncast54]

I remember the NASA space flights of the 60s and to see how Space X has taken rocket development to a new level is very impressive

[@mooselipz3079]

Every time I see one of these videos, I feel like I'm watching a space sci-fi movie clip or something! Absolutely AMAZING!!!

[@markjohnston2675]

Well...

[@rickjames18]

What a marvelous landing, I mean I will never understand how people can dislike SpaceX or Musk. The guy has single handedly tackled climate issues and made space relevant again. Not even going to mention Tesla which is also cool. So glad that Elon is an American helping us thrive in innovations again. I feel like the company is bringing forth a new enlightening age of space travel. I just live the government hadn't taken so long to give SpaceX the credit they deserved.

[@fibblit2394]

You can love SpaceX but dislike Musk. He was cool up until he called that rescue diver a pedo after it was pointed out to him that a rigid kid-sized submersible would not be sufficient for the task of navigating a small, winding, irregular cave system underground. And then his credibility tanked after buying Twitter and allowing hate speech on it. I had to stop using it because CSAM, both real and AI-generated, are now infesting the platform to the point where you can stumble on that shit just trying to browse normally. Not to mention left-wing activists being banned for no reason, while right-wing hate speechers get unbanned to spew their vitriol. It's clear to anyone with eyes that he doesn't actually value free speech, he's simply using the platform he bought to push his own political agenda. Tesla isn't doing so hot either. Musk has insisted on using a sub-optimal navigation system for reasons only known to him. The self-driving capabilities aren't even that good anymore, they slacked and now the competition has caught up, all of who are using the actual navigation instruments they need so they're going to be better. The main flaw of the Tesla is maintenance, it's expensive and sometimes impossible to repair those things, compared to any other vehicle you can take to one of the 50 body shops in your area to have serviced. SpaceX has done good work. I mean, they did in a handful of years what no other space agency, even the government funded ones, could do in decades. SLS has been in development since 2011 and has only had 1 unmanned test flight so far. In that time, SpaceX has designed, tested, and flown the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and has done more test flights with Starship than SLS now. They do deserve praise for their accomplishments. But just because I can praise SpaceX, doesn't mean I have to like Musk as well. He's a psychopathic millionaire who cares more about his ego than actually doing good in the world. Otherwise he wouldn't have wasted $44b on Twitter and would have instead spent that money on improving Tesla, or SpaceX, or any of his other businesses.

[@rickjames18]

@@fibblit2394 A rich narcissist? that isn't exactly uncommon. Guy is crazy smart, weird, and somehow still worried about global issues. I think the real "hatred" only started because he bought X or twitter and allowed actual free speech. He made a lot of evidence public on how twitter was shadow banning people or silencing them, that isn't a conspiracy theory it was debated and proven in congress at committee hearings. Look, I get why people feel a certain way, I would to if all I listened to was legacy media like MSNBC. Clearly there was a bias against him after he made some right leaning comments. After he showed how Twitter was violating certain people that the left hates. I consider myself more independent which is why I just look up facts and laugh at both sides when they claim one or the other is blah blah whatever. Musk is a human being with his own opinion. That isn't going to make me hate or like the guy. I may not agree with everything he says and he is surely allowed to be wrong. I just don't understand the sudden hatred because of something he said or did. Musk bought Twitter for tens of billions, surely he can do as he pleases with his company. The real issue is his opinions and the fact that they didn't align with the left or Biden at times. One would think Biden would invite Musk the leader in EVs in the US to a EV talk with leaders of the industry.

[@tubecated_development]

“Single-handedly tackled climate issues” Wow. That’s incredible. No climate issues have ever or are being tackled by anyone else.

[@rickjames18]

@@tubecated_development Most people would get it but that wasn't meant literally. No, he did not tackle anyone named Climate Issues. What he did do was start Tesla that was the front runner in making EVs cool for the market and brought more awarness to the issue. Musk is big on tackling global issues. Again, not literally. SpaceX via Starlink has also helped to keep people connected and at an affordable price and most of it as a profit loss for internet products. SpaceX is also the only reason the US was able to send hundreds of rockets to space accounting for 90 something percent of all launches. Guess how many the US government launched? 11 out of nearly 300 I think. I mean, without SpaceX the US would be far behind in the space race. Personally, I think you guys should be thanking Elon Musk but instead you attack him. What a shame, most countries would pay Musk to move to them. Guy really cares and has proven it. Yet, here I am trying to explain to someone why Musk is an asset to the nation. I won't mention his Neuron-brain tech I can't even explain. I mean, he doesn't like some progressive policies, Oh No, just get over it, why so senitive all the time.

[@dasgibmekker768]

Stop drinking kool aid...

[@costrio]

This is the best coverage I have seen to date in terms of photographic quality and new views of falling boosters including a boost back burn. Thanks for the set up views, too. Kudos to the production teams.

[@stefanschneider3681]

I discovered the channel about a year ago and still watch every single video the moment they upload them 👍! It just doesn’t get old and the quality of the telescopes and the tracking they do is just mindblowing. Just as impressive are the engineering achievements of the SpaceX-crew. These first stages fall out of the sky like a rock and then land as soft as it gets, amazes me every time again.

[@user-ew1uz1uv3q]

I am 67 grew up during the Apollo missions. This reminds me of a show I used to watch fireball XL5. But in real life, to infinity and beyond. These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. this is what makes humans unique we can dream.

[@raulthepig5821]

These landing never cease to amaze me. NASA could never accomplish this.

[@EricRN1977]

To be fair, NASA could achieve a landing of an orbital class rocket. It would take 2 or 3 times the money and at least 3 times as long, because there's an inbred fear of failure nowadays. SpaceX is not only unafraid, but they embrace failure as a way to rapidly learn and improve for the next test.

[@sigma9102]

No......NASA and the current regime are incapable of literally anything at the moment@@EricRN1977

[@CountryGeek-hr8tk]

@@EricRN1977 Yup, except maybe 10x the money and 10x as long.... like BO (Blue Origin).

[@thesullivankid2425]

Nasa couldn't get to the moon either

[@user-oj3nk5ni6s]

@@thesullivankid2425All fake.

[@SuperMouseDV]

That was the MOST amazing view I have seen of a Booster landing. And the Narrator she was super thrilled to see it also.

[@Beamshipcaptain]

Science Fiction becomes reality yet again and again! Spectacular! Our first steps towards the Stars.

[@jesus4400]

A 3D animation

[@Beamshipcaptain]

@@jesus4400 No it's real. I live in central Florida! I can even see launches and descents from my home in Oviedo, if I look east. The space coast is less than an hour from my house.

[@Beamshipcaptain]

@@jesus4400 If you can't easily tell the difference between CGI and real, your powers of observation are not good.

[@Beamshipcaptain]

@@sdfsdf2205 So is space technology in 2024.

[@markjohnston2675]

@@Beamshipcaptain Yea I have seen the launch however never the landing.

[@CountryGeek-hr8tk]

This is the first time I've seen the actual cameras that track and record these events. THANK YOU.

[@genepothier8398]

I just turned 68yrs.young. The more I watch the advancements made by SpaceX the more I’m convinced that I was born in the wrong generation. What a privilege it would be to witness one of these launches in person.

[@TheGamecockdad]

Best one yet fellas. Thanks guys.

[@ChrisBrengel]

How cool is this? Freaking amazing! Props to everyone at SpaceX that makes this happen.

[@kaptkrunchfpv]

Amazed every time I see a booster land. Hard to believe its not scifi. Great work SpaceX!

[@leeslog555]

as a brit i have to hand it to you guys ,whilst living in the states back in the late 90s early 2000s in tallahassee i saw the shuttle on the back of the 747 , fly over and circle the town , a few months later went down to titusville to watch the launch , astounding , would have loved to see another launch , too old now , but so glad i got to see it atleast once

[@ourtexasfamilyvideos62]

It never gets old watching this miracle of science and technology.

[@Stringsmith]

I can't help but wonder if aliens would look at this footage and say, " No, they are not ready, but the cavemen have gotten quite proficient at burning stuff."

[@pumapreto]

Ignorant

[@nydabeats]

I think the aliens say "oh shit, they're actually doing it"

[@evolicious]

Due to how remote our system is, and how young our radio emission and life has been on this planet, no living being in the universe knows that we exist, and will ever know that we exist. We are alone on a very far away place, with no way to reach the core systems that have had billions of years worth of evolution and life-supporting systems. Life does exist somewhere in our universe, that is a mathematical fact, but we will never be able to confirm it. Our universe is bigger and older than we thought, even JWST is finding evidence of that (or our misunderstanding of how quickly galaxies can form).

[@Forevertrue]

Even they can see we are way, way, above Cavemen.

[@averteddisasterbarely2339]

They probably are thinking .... they're almost there !

[@sierrahp]

Speechless. My grandmother was alive to remember the first powered flight by man by the Wright brothers at Kittyhawk and still alive to see Armstrong strolling about on the lunar surface. What more wonders will I see in my time?

[@dedrakuhn6103]

Maybe you will live to see the very first actual moon landing in about 35 years from now in 2024

[@jspera4187]

Agreed... hopefully we can avoid doing something stupid in the meantime... Like destroying everything in some pointless nuclear war?

[@gedreillyhomestead6926]

Those cormorants watching the lift off - " Hey fellas there goes another one " "Yeah yeah yawn" 🐦‍⬛

[@randomoldguy3967]

I thought the same thing. Probably old hat to them.

[@FrankBenlin]

They make fun of us in the newsletter about how we make such a big deal about going up.

[@dom7day]

SpaceX makes it look so easy now it's crazy. All these other space companies are so far behind, they'll never make the technology their own. They'll just learn from the best and that is SpaceX.

[@user-xl4xp5bx8m]

The only one who is forever behind in development is you. “other” companies deliver a person to the international station in 3 hours, and Elon musk in 20 hours, and this is not to mention complaints about leaking tanks with “astronaut waste products.” Elon Musk with his technologies is a turtle in the era of Formula 1 cars

[@davidanderson8469]

Well, Nasa's done a superior job of the unmanned Mars landings.

[@dom7day]

@@davidanderson8469 Won't dispute that. Nasa's the best at that tradecraft. Reusable rockets and the latest launch capsule Dragon? SpaceX now. It's best each sticks to what they can do best. There'd be no point for Nasa to invest in that as SpaceX solved that piece of the puzzle and Nasa has Artemis to work on. ULA I have no idea what they're doing these days, don't think their Vulcan Centaur has gone commercial yet. Blue Origin sadly just a pissing contest by Bezos. Other companies I bet are out there planning the next generation ISS. Cant wait to see that. I'll bet anything it won't be walls of exposed cable mesh like the current ISS, at the very least nowhere near as much haha

[@WRITING-DRAGONS]

In the 80-90’s I was in the landing flight path for the NASAShuttles when they landed in Florida! The SONIC BOOMS lifted me from my bed (early returns) and startled me EVERY TIME during the day! I wanted to be a Tech in ine of the flights, but my Degree came too late. So that was as close as I got to the Shuttle program….the sonic booms pealing off from the Shuttle and saying HELLO as it went bye. ALWAYS exciting, too high to see-it pass.

[@tiggersdad6878]

These launches have to be absolutely jaw dropping for older NASA guys. " What a sight to see..." she said.

[@fernandovargas7562]

Fantastic go Space X go… cool landing …

[@Hawk89gt]

As a 50 something guy, growing up in the dawn of computer games, all I can think of every time I see this is how hard lunar lander was…. Absolutely amazing technology.

[@alexc4300]

They make it look so EASY - that is true engineering at work.

[@jamesryan7684]

Incredible! Simply amazing what people can do when they aren't spending their time fighting holy wars.

[@maxqproductions1]

Excellent re-entry tracking!! 🚀👍

[@quasimoto4424]

Schockwaves at 8:44 are fucking mindblowing... what a capture bois!!!

[@clevingerscottie]

Awesome 👏 keep going my GREAT AMERICAN FRIENDS WITH THE GENIUS INVENTIONS ON GETTING BACK TO SPACE AND ONCE AGAIN LEADING THE PACE OF EVERY OTHER NATION TO DATE WITH SPACE AGE TECHNOLOGY GREAT JOB 👏

[@partyallthetime39]

I'm 52 years old, I remember watching Marvin the Martian as a kid. His ship aways landed this way. It's amazing to see this happening in real life!!!

[@danchanda]

When I was a kid, I really wanted to become an astronaut. Now as an adult, I realize that CGI was the future all along.

[@rcrotorfreak]

lol

[@1111xyz]

Threading the needle! What an amazing achivement! Fantastic views!

[@MrK1usa]

The commentator.. " IT GOES REALLY REALLY FAST" brilliant

[@jordanloes8595]

This is humanity at its best! Amazing technology being used both by Falcon 9 and the camera. Thank you for the service you provide, the praise is well deserved!

[@GRW3]

I liked the take off scene with the birds. Assuming the sound in that scene was from that camera position, it shows the wildlife isn't bothered by the rockets.

[@Trux2010]

With how regular these launches are, I wouldn't be surprised if they were completely used to it

[@bobbrown9035]

Best tracking shots I’ve ever seen. Outstanding

[@Readerb86g]

Such a difference from the early '70's coverage. Always an awesome picture to see.

[@stveichman3329]

Thank you Space X team, just INCREDIBLE. Thank you Elon, you are a credit to the human race. Thank you all.

[@PH1LZ]

This is just ridiculous... in a good way. Way to go, SpaceX!

[@sudilos1172]

I feel honored to know. That I was a child watching rocket ships just like this in Godzilla and other japanese and cheap space movies way back when. And now we kinda did exactly what we predicted we'd be doing back then. Interesting how that works

[@SupertronX2]

Nothing like coming to work and seeing that guy and his Slurpee.

[@williamsedlock3903]

What a time to be alive Don't get me wrong I wish I was young enough to see us actually conquering space and traveling universes but damn it this sure is cool

[@kiruba1337]

Easily the best footage ive seen so far of a falcon9 launch. The shockwaves at 8:46 are insane!

[@markjohnston2675]

I know I never have seen this in any movie before.

[@uuzd4s]

Pretty Kewl seeing the Double Sonic Booms materialize into vapor clouds on this one ! 😮 Beautifully tracked & filmed start to finish, this Never gets old ! 🤗

[@Mr.Monster1313]

I love the birds sitting there watching the liftoff 😂 they had a good spot...birds are like Woahhhhhh...😮

[@glen4cindy]

Always an incredible site seeing the booster just sit itself down like this.

[@newguy6935]

All of this definitely brings excitement back to the space program.

[@Deputydog-xk5jl]

We attended my nephew’s graduation from Embrey Riddle in Prescott, Az and they had an astronaut give the commencement speech and it was the best I’d ever heard…incredibly inspiring! My favorite part was when he explained the feeling at lift off. After explaining the sheer amount of thrust the engines produce, he said something like “You might not know exactly where you’re going at this point, but you know you are going SOMEWHERE!” I still laugh when I think about that speech!

[@brendandrury2177]

Congratulations to him/her.

[@chgofirefighter]

This is a true glimpse of the future... Which is freaking AMAZING! Just imagine what our future holds in regards to new technologies, science, engineering and pure mastery!~

[@TheMikesylv]

Still amazed by this technical achievement, just incredible

[@saxet9049]

It still boggles my mind that this is even possible. Absolutely Amazing!!

[@ARoyalLyon]

Wow, great tracking! As a little kid in the 70s, I remember how they needed to keep the camera moving so the magnified image of the rocket flame wouldn't burn and permanently damage the phosphor screen inside the image orthicon camera tubes. I watch every Vandenberg launch I can from Llano in the Mojave desert, over 100 miles away. From this distance, the main booster flame is the size of 1/3 of a #2 pencil held at arm's length, and very bright and conspicuous. Can almost always hear the sonic boom of the first stage returning, and watch the second stage all the way to the SE horizon.

[@aidd1938]

I never get tired of watching those landings.

[@mrobviuos74]

At 8:46 I think I could see the bow wave/shock wave coming from the bottom of the booster. SO FRICKING COOL!!

[@guardianbob]

10th flight for that booster! Absolutely spectacular work, SpaceX!

[@user-ez9en7vk2z]

Have watched many of if these Space X landings on YT and they stay amazing. The engineering & planning is insane!

[@DaveSParty]

My mouth just dropped open. Amazing technology and achievement.

[@northboy1236]

That was such an awesome track of the whole flight of the booster!

[@66ebutu]

Don't get tired of watching the return of the Falcon 9 boosters, the 10th for this particular one and already in the 260+ consecutive successful launches of the falcon 9s. Brilliant SpaceX!!!

[@stevedemarest276]

You know, that might have been better than SpaceX's video, which itself was pretty darn good.

[@GimmeSum]

Doesn't matter how many times I see it , It is just so incredible how SpaceX nails landings.... Question " Can you land it on a small raft in the ocean plz and also put it in a little chalk circle that is, just big enough for it, right there on the deck ?" SpaceX "No problem where in the little chalk circle would you like it us to land it ?" Blows my friggin mind every time. Well done to all SpaceX guys an gals Huge respect

[@denischarette-de3te]

It`s amazing that they landed it many times on a small raft in the ocean. But what I find more amazing is what they just did there. How did it come back to the launching pad (if it was the launching pad)? OK, they canceled the forward speed with the booster, but how did it come back from the distance covered? Just by gliding?

[@GimmeSum]

r u serious ? @@denischarette-de3te

[@danutagalecka2497]

well, if they want to land back on launch pad, they have to burn back the opposite way, and then fall on the correct trajectory, just correcting burns along the way, and burn to reduce speed just before landing. Takes a little more fuel this way, rather than on the ocean, but the additional amount is the small percentage of the total. @@denischarette-de3te

[@markjohnston2675]

It's so amazing it doesn't seem real.

[@jenkem4464]

@@denischarette-de3te "distance covered? Just by gliding?" Pretty much. Controlled descent using adjustable fins and bursts of gas. Pretty amazing co-ordination of tech.

[@Boerikoe]

AWESOME, such amazing control !! Congratulations to an Exceptional Team of engineers !!

[@timgleaves9496]

No matter how many times I see this, it gives me chills. Great stuff. This is what happens when they tell you "You are crazy, that will never work." Maybe not for you... Watch this...

[@motokid6008]

Holy crap those shock waves. You can actually see the triple sonic booms right there. Incredible work.

[@user-vw5pv9vo9u]

What a cool technology! As we can see: Real progress is made of private entrepreneurship. Thank You, Elon!

[@markjohnston2675]

I know it's like watching Star Wars.

[@VaeVictisXIII]

Amazing how far this technology has come in my lifetime, be amazing to see what we have in the next few decades!

[@vman2025]

This never gets old. Amazing take-off and landing.

[@scottmanley]

Always great footage!

[@FlankCobra]

Is the shockwave barrier actually so large, or is it simply how it appears? I expected it to be more pointed, rather than shield-like in shape.

[@ShockwaveAviation]

That's a bow shock and is typically not attached to the object.

[@e7studios]

@@FlankCobra that's a bow shockwave, and it's lower air pressure between the shockwave and the vehicle

[@TDurden527]

when I hear "Go systems . . . " I always get a tingling feeling on my spine, lol.

[@DogSerious]

It's fake CGI,lol

[@Ikkert]

удивительно! Молодцы! Снимаю шляпу ! Инженерам поклон! Привет из Великой России

[@potttatoo]

Russia is not Great, Russia = North Korea!

[@christinabalfoort2126]

I don’t speak Russian

[@Bronwyn031]

And you yokels aren't so great actually. I'm just keeping it real.

[@TheDirtyBirchTrails]

@@christinabalfoort2126 Google translate !

[@cornerli6620]

russia is great because it is great at the stealing of anything related to technology.

[@jeffj2495]

This never gets old. This engineering feat really marks a new age for outer space vehicles. Very nice footage.

[@simonthompson9724]

Every time i see something that huge land it blows my Mind , AWESOME!

[@goodfes]

Totally amazing footage, and this is now a fairly normal event. Quite extraordinary.

[@RockDodger]

That Bow Shock wave at 8:46.. Just wow

[@onebronx]

...or is it a transom shock wave?

[@fouchi3203]

I always have a grin on my face at the end when it lands, i didn't do anything but i can't help feeling proud of human when i see this.

[@youwelirka1737]

Невероятно! Сажать ракету ,в не ронять на землю ,это фантастика

[@lukebowers536]

that was an absolute joy to watch, outstanding.

[@MacXcode]

God Bless America!

[@brendandrury2177]

This is man, not god.

[@Kommander_Rahnn]

​@@brendandrury2177 That's why he said "God bless AMERICA", You buffoon.

[@Papermanic]

This never ceases to amaze me that such a thing is possible.

[@-Galavanta-]

No matter how many times I watch this it always amazes me, humans are so smart.