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Falcon 9 Full Thrust | SpX CRS-8
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SpX CRS-8

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

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This page records Falcon 9 Full Thrust | SpX CRS-8 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

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Mission status
Launch Successful

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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission

SpaceX launched the Dragon spacecraft on their eighth operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. Among the cargo was the Bigelow Aerospace’s BEAM module, which was attached to the station and will stay so for 2 years. BEAM is an expandable habitat module that will undergo tests to determine its worthiness during the stay. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Mission type
Resupply
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Spacecraft
Dragon C110
Destination
International Space Station
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 40
Provider
SpaceX
Programs
Commercial Resupply Services, International Space Station
Recovery
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, The first stage of the Falcon 9 landed on the ASDS, OCISLY stationed off of the East Coast. Marking the first successful barge landing! +1

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Launch vehicle

Falcon 9 Full Thrust

The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.

Height
71 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Stages
2
Recorded launches
25
First flight
2015-12-22
B1021
Core

B1021

Flight 1NewLanding successful
Recovery
Of Course I Still Love You
Landing method
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship

Recorded timing

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SCHEDULED MOMENT

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Launch site & orbit

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Launch site & orbit

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