(meteorobs) SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on its descent

[Steven Kolins]

Thought this might interest people - an observed re-entry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UFjK_CFKgA

"Published on Oct 17, 2014
NASA successfully captured thermal images of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on its descent after it launched in September from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The data from these thermal images may provide critical engineering information for future missions to the surface of Mars."


But I think it also speaks to the dynamics of reentry and the layers of the atmosphere….


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