Autonomous spaceport drone ship - Wikipedia
An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is a modified ocean-going barge equipped with propulsion systems to maintain precise position and a large landing platform. SpaceX developed these vessels to recover the first stage (also called the booster) of its launch vehicles.
Watch a SpaceX rocket ace landing on a drone ship in stunning …
Jun 28, 2021 · SpaceX posted the five-second clip on Twitter on June 21. In the video, a Falcon 9 rocket's first stage successfully kisses the deck of the Just Read the Instructions drone ship on June 17,...
Watch SpaceX Make History With Rocket Landing on Drone Ship
Apr 11, 2016 · Apr 8 -- Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched a rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday. The Falcon 9 completed its burn and landed upright on a drone ship for the first time.
Watch SpaceX nail its 250th Falcon 9 drone ship landing - Digital Trends
Jun 20, 2024 · SpaceX has achieved the 250th droneship landing involving its Falcon 9 booster following a launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday.
SpaceX drone ship captures amazing view of Falcon 9 launch & landing …
Oct 12, 2022 · A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Intelsat's Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 satellites from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 8, 2022. A camera on the SpaceX drone ship in the...
400 rocket landings! SpaceX notches reuse milestone | Space
5 days ago · The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rests on the deck of a drone ship shortly after launching 27 Starlink satellites from California on Jan. 21, 2025. It was SpaceX's 400th landing of an ...
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink ... - YouTube
14 hours ago · The first-stage booster, making its 20th flight, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, a little more than eight and a half minutes after ...
SpaceX is superb at reusing boosters, but how about building …
Jan 14, 2025 · Touchdown of SpaceX's most-flown Falcon 9 booster, tail number B1067, on a drone ship after its 25th trip to space. Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX Launches Life-Leading Falcon 9, Lands for 75th Time on …
Mar 24, 2024 · A 19x-flown Falcon 9 took flight late Saturday from Florida and returned 8+min later to land on a 75x-used drone ship in the Atlantic, to wrap up @SpaceX's 9th mission of March.
SpaceX Falcon 9 First Stage Lands! - NASA Blogs
Jun 5, 2023 · The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket used for launching the 28th commercial resupply mission for NASA touches down on the company’s drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas,” on June 5, 2023.