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Thứ Sáu, 29 tháng 6, 2018

How to Watch the Last Launch of SpaceX's Block 4 Falcon 9

How to Watch the Last Launch of SpaceX's Block 4 Falcon 9
The Falcon 9 rocket with its Dragon capsule (which will deliver the goods to the ISS) will launch on Friday, June 29 at 5:42 a.m. EST — as long as there is favorable weather and that there are no technical difficulties.
There are multiple ways to livestream the launch online. You can watch the launch via NASA TV, which will begin coverage at around 5:15 a.m. EST.
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk wants to reduce the cost of space flight by making more parts of the rocket reusable — and with a quick turnaround. The Block 4 model already has first stage boosters that can be reused several times before they are retired, but the turnaround to reuse these is months. The reported retiring of the Block 4 makes way for the Block 5 model (introduced in May), which will usher SpaceX into an even more powerful and reusable rocket era.
And, as Wired points out, Musk would like to reuse even more of the rocket and speed up the turnaround. The Block 5 model’s reusable rockets will hopefully be reusable up to 10 times, according to reports, and they will have a refurbishing time of 24 hours (as opposed to several months).


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