Today’s mission includes a demo of a new vehicle that will enable affordable, routine access to the microgravity environment for scientific research and in-space manufacturing. After demonstrating controlled flight, the spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean
All systems are looking good and weather is favorable for liftoff. Propellant load is about to begin for Falcon 9’s launch of the @NRO_gov’s NROL-179 mission from California → spacex.com/launches/nrol1…
About eight minutes after liftoff, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, announcing its arrival with a sonic boom
