雅虎香港新聞 SpaceX Falcon 9 火箭再次成功發射，但著陸還是失敗
SpaceX 為 NASA 而做的 CRS-6 補給發射，已在美國東岸時間 4 月 14 號下午 4 時 10 分完成。目前被 Falcon 9 帶離地球的 Dragon 太空船已展開太陽能板，正在前往太空站的途中。不過本來打算返回地球降落在海上平台的 Falcon 9 火箭則沒有那麼好運了，據 CEO Elon Musk 指出，它在降落之時因有「過多的橫向速度」而在降落之後翻掉，換言之是又一次的硬著陸了。這樣的結果並不出乎意料，因為 Musk 昨日表示，由於該公司今年還要處理很多其他的發射計劃，所以年底前成功著陸的機會維持於 80%。跳轉後有升空和著陸的影片及照片。
Ok, looks like we got some killer footage from the chase plane. Big ocean, small ship. Posting vid shortly pic.twitter.com/2F5FK0TZ0i
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2015
@ID_AA_Carmack Thanks! 3 of 9 engines are lit initially, dropping to 1 near ground. Even w 1 lit, it can't hover, so always land at high g
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2015
@ID_AA_Carmack Looks like the issue was stiction in the biprop throttle valve, resulting in control system phase lag. Should be easy to fix.
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2015
Looks like Falcon landed fine, but excess lateral velocity caused it to tip over post landing pic.twitter.com/eJWzN6KSJa
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2015
Ascent successful. Dragon enroute to Space Station. Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival.
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2015
#Dragon's solar arrays have deployed, spacecraft now safely on its way to the space station.
- SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 14, 2015
來源: Elon Musk (Twitter), NASA Kennedy (YouTube)
經由: Engadget
