Just saw this 78 second video that just blew my mind. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd live long enough to see this.
Really, really old news, @davtim68. They've already returned a few from LEO launches. 100% success rate.
Oh! The landing on a ship. Very cool stuff.
Yes - magnificent! ...so, are you, too, old enough to have witnessed NASA’s early rocket failures televised live on a B&W TV ..as your mother watched in horror..?
I was preschool age… I think they were Redstone rockets, prior to our first manned flights.. Anyway, some didn’t work. The Russians never televised theirs, for the same reason. I grew up with Apollo, and loved it! It’s a shame our space program is jerked around so much with every incoming presidential administration…