T-6:30. The Dragon capsule on the #Falcon9 is carrying nearly 3 tons of supplies for astronauts on the International Space Station. This is the 14th launch for @SpaceX under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services contract.
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This is the 2nd flight for both the Dragon (in 2016) and the booster (in 2017).
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T-2 minutes. Lookin’ good.
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Main engine cutoff. Second stage separated, and second stage ignition.
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Dragon nose cone ejected on schedule (no air means no need to have one any more). Also allows docking with ISS.
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The booster won’t land per se, but they’re doing some testing of it as it comes back to Earth. It’ll smack into the Atlantic and won’t be recovered.
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Replying to @BadAstronomer
Last time an expendable booster did some testing it "smacked" so softly it needed to be destroyed by the USAF 
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