Following second-stage separation, SpaceX conducted a second controlled-descent test of the discarded booster vehicle and achieved the first successful controlled ocean touchdown of a liquid-rocket-engine orbital booster. Following touchdown the first stage tipped over as expected and was destroyed. This was the first Falcon 9 booster to fly with extensible landing legs and the first Dragon mission with the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle.
Payloads
CRS-3

Type:

Dragon 1.1

Mass:

2,296 kg

Inclination Degree:

51.6429°

Customers:

NASA (CRS)

Manufacturers:

SpaceX

Nationalities:

United States

Mission Images