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Today’s SpaceX launch will see the first attempt at landing its booster

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The latest SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station is set to lift off at 6pm US Eastern Time today. The Falcon 9 launch vehicle will be sending a Dragon capsule into orbit to bring over 5,000 lbs of supplies and science experiments to the ISS. If all goes according to plan, the Dragon will rendezvous with the Station early Wednesday morning (also US Eastern). This is SpaceX's third resupply mission, so parts of the liftoff and rendezvous are likely to be routine. Lately,… (arstechnica.com) More...

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TorstenHoff
Torsten Hoff 1
The launch will be broadcast live here:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#.U0wQ615XrNY
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jimcander
Jim Anderson 1
Scrubbed. Next attempt NET Friday.
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oowmmr
oowmmr 1
I want to see it land.
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jimcander
Jim Anderson 1
going to be awhile on that. the "landing" is going to be at sea and don't know how much video would be available off the spent booster.
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oowmmr
oowmmr 1
Are they landing at sea with the legs down?
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jimcander
Jim Anderson 2
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/009/140414recovery/#.U010-OZdVrY

Yes.
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