Successful ascent, switchover to header tanks & precise flap control to landing point!
Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!
It seems that the Raptor engines didn't failed due to defects at the end of the landing. The fuel pressure from the header tank wasn't high enough and the engines became fuel starved. It is obvious in the video as the engine exhaust became bright green at the end, a sign that the engine was restarting by TEB.
Successful ascent, switchover to header tanks & precise flap control to landing point!
Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed! Congrats SpaceX team hell yeah!!
It seems that the Raptor engines didn't failed due to defects at the end of the landing. The fuel pressure from the header tank wasn't high enough and the engines became fuel starved. It is obvious in the video as the engine exhaust became bright green at the end, a sign that the engine was restarting by TEB.
Edit:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1336810077555019779
Mars, here we come!!
Indeed