Awesome stuff! That was a pretty much max-v launch with recovery!
The full launch and landing sequence can be viewed at:
(BTW I view these first few successful landings as amazing historical events - not mundane in the slightest!)
It appears to have been a perfect mission thus far.
Awesome stuff! That was a pretty much max-v launch with recovery!
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Yes. It was a ballistic trajectory. The final landing burn used three engines instead of one like the others. Musk gave it a 50% chance of succeeding, but it looks like the landing was perfect. The video is fun to watch because the employees think the landing is a failure at first, then two seconds later they see the rocket standing there and they erupt into cheers which turn into chants of USA.