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Forum:Commercial Space - Military Space
Topic:[Discuss] SpaceX CRS-16 station mission
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Robert PearlmanFrom Elon Musk on Twitter:
Grid fin hydraulic pump stalled, so Falcon landed just out to sea. Appears to be undamaged and is transmitting data. Recovery ship dispatched.
Regarding the stalled pump:
Pump is single string. Some landing systems are not redundant, as landing is considered ground safety critical, but not mission critical. Given this event, we will likely add a backup pump and lines.
Asked whether the stage can be reused, Musk replied:
We may use it for an internal SpaceX mission.
He also apologized for cutting the video feed from the stage:
Yes, cutaway was a mistake. We will show all footage, good or bad.
Robert PearlmanFrom Elon Musk on Twitter:
Engines stabilized rocket spin just in time, enabling an intact landing in water! Ships en route to rescue Falcon.
Tracking shot of Falcon water landing.
teopzeHuh... just when I thought it's already routine. The footage looks incredible.

It's good to know that in the case of anomaly the vehicle targets the ocean intentionally, rather than VAB or something. This is a full explanation.

Everyday Astronaut had some incredible three-person view as well.

olyThis type of failure is perhaps something that the program needed. A public demonstration of safety systems and protocols, and the explanations regarding software design for landing safety that are coming out of SpaceX must help to grow confidence in the vehicle design.

SpaceX refinement of the Block 5 Falcon 9 will include a backup hydraulic system to provide system redundancy.

The rocket engine steering system demonstrating the ability to neutralize the roll rate induced by the failed grid fins is impressive.

Robert PearlmanThe roll being halted may have been more a fluke of timing than it was by design. Quoting Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX's vice president for flight reliability, at the post-launch press conference:
Honestly, I am little puzzled about that myself. One thing is when you put the legs down, obviously, you change the moment of inertia, so you slow the roll down and I think it could be just that.

It is a single engine burning at that time, so you can't do a lot to undo a roll. But you can stabilize the other two axes and that's what I see there. I see a stabilization of pitch and yaw, so it doesn't gyrate as wildly as it did before. So from just looking at the video, the perspective narrows to a more focused area.

So I think that is one effect. The other effect could be the landing legs — just like when you put your arms out while rotating on a chair. But like I said, I think I need to look at data or we need to investigate that in detail to make sure we cover everything.

SpaceAngelWould've thought SpaceX had many of the problems with the Falcon's first stage resolved, when it comes to landing; besides, the last landing of the first stage did not suffer any problems during its landing.

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