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Monday's SpaceX launch was a success with both the landing and with the booster recovery. Unfortunately, the second launch mentioned in that story had to be delayed:
Moldy Mouse Food Postpones SpaceX Launch:
SpaceX has postponed its cargo launch to the International Space Station until Wednesday after mold was found on food bars for a mouse experiment bound for the orbiting outpost, NASA said.
[...] Some 40 mice are part of the experiment aimed at studying the effects of microgravity in the immune system.
The launch will be the 16th for SpaceX, as part of an ongoing contract with NASA to send supplies to the astronauts living at the space station.
Some 5,600 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of food, experiments and other gear is packed onto the unmanned Dragon cargo ship, which will blast off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Launch is scheduled for 1 hour after this story goes live.
The launch will be live-streamed on YouTube starting approximately 15 minutes before launch time.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday December 05 2018, @07:27PM (1 child)
I was watching and find it hard to believe signal was lost. Although the steering was obviously out of control, there was no physical harm to the rocket still falling.
As for the cheering, I don't think it is from the control room but from the peanut gallery.
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday December 06 2018, @12:21AM
I'm guessing it's just in case it happens to miss by enough to hurt someone.
They've had no qualms releasing missed landings and explosions, and they quickly released the video linked in the comments here.
But when your bomb is tumbling (apparently) out of control, keeping the cool feed can turn into a legal problem. Not because there wouldn't be another 20 camera feeds showing the crash and blast, but because your broadcasting killing people live is typically considered negatively.