SpaceX Launches Dragon Cargo Ship On Unpiloted Flight To Space Station | VERTEX

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]5 4 3 2 1 ignition and lift off. Go Falcon, go Dragon, and go CRS-34.

[00:00:14]At liftoff, NASA's SpaceX CRS-34 commercial resupply services mission carrying over 6,500 lb of cargo and supplies is on its way to the International Space Station.

[00:00:32]We're just about to throttle down the engines to prepare for max Q, the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure during ascent.

[00:00:42]Max Q. Then the first stage will flip around using small thrusters so it can head back to Earth.

[00:00:54]Stage separation confirmed.

[00:00:58]Thin back startup.

[00:01:00]That entry burn for the first stage.

[00:01:05]And those grid fins are a critical part of Falcon 9's reusability system.

[00:01:10]So, entry burn just completed as it's shut down. Now, we'll look for that landing burn as it continues to make its return back to Earth and it will begin its descent at to landing zone 40 today.

[00:01:23]Now again, moments away from entry burn, we should see the stage one light back up as it will rapidly decelerate in preparation for landing at landing zone 40.

[00:01:36]And we'll keep an ear out for that entry burn startup and entry burn shutdown.

[00:01:40]We should get some great visuals off the So, landing burn now underway and that's the single engine that slows down stage one rapidly ahead of touching down back on the Florida coastline.

[00:02:00]>> Stage one landing confirmed.

[00:02:03]>> [applause and cheering]