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{{Short description|2015 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS}}
{{redirect|CRS-5|the Orbital ATK CRS-5 mission|Cygnus CRS OA-5}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox spaceflight|auto=all
| name = SpaceX CRS-5
| image = CRS-5 Dragon on approach to ISS (ISS042-E-119867).jpg
| image_caption = CRS-5 Dragon on approach to the ISS
| insignia = SpaceX CRS-5 Patch.png▼
| insignia_caption = NASA SpX-5 mission patch▼
 
| SATCAT names_list = 40370SpX-5▼
| mission_type = [[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply▼
| operatormission_type = [[Commercial Resupply Services|ISS = [[NASAresupply]]
| COSPAR_ID operator = 2015-001A[[SpaceX]]
| mission_duration = {{time interval|10 January 2015 09:47:10|11 February 2015 00:44|show=dhm|sep=,}}
▲| SATCAT = 40370
| mission_duration = Planned: 1 month<br/>Elapsed: 32 days
 
| spacecraft_typespacecraft = [[SpaceX Dragon= {{ComV|Dragon]]|107|full=nolink}}
| manufacturer spacecraft_type = [[SpaceX Dragon 1|Dragon 1]]
| dry_mass manufacturer = SpaceX
| launch_mass =
 
| launch_date launch_mass = {{start-datecvt|10 January 2015, 09:47:10 UTC6000|timezone=yeskg}}
| launch_rocketdimensions = [[FalconHeight: 9 v1{{cvt|8.1]]|m}}<br/>Diameter: {{cvt|4|m}}
| launch_site = [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40|SLC-40]]▼
| launch_contractor = [[SpaceX]]▼
| disposal_type = Recovered▼
| landing_date = {{end-date|11 February 2015, 00:44 UTC|timezone=yes}}<ref name="nsf20150209">{{cite news |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/02/crs-5-dragon-homecoming-huge-spacex-tuesday/ |title=SpaceX CRS-5 Dragon returns home via Pacific splashdown |work=NASA Spaceflight |first=Chris |last=Bergin |date=9 February 2015 |accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref>▼
| landing_site = <!--coordinates-->
 
| launch_date | release_date = 10 FebruaryJanuary 2015, 1909:47:10 [[UTC]]▼
| orbit_epoch = 12 January 2015, 09:01:38&nbsp;UTC<ref name="n2yo">{{cite web|url=http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40370|title=DRAGON CRS-5 Satellite details 2015-001A NORAD 40370|publisher=N2YO|date=12 January 2015|accessdate=25 January 2015}}</ref>
| launch_rocket = [[Falcon 9 v1.1]] ([[List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters#B1012|B1012]])
| orbit_reference = [[geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
▲| launch_site = [[Cape Canaveral AirSpace Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40|SLC-40]]
| orbit_regime = [[Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]▼
▲| launch_contractor = [[SpaceX]]
| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|410|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|418|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_inclination = 51.65&nbsp;degrees<ref name="n2yo"/>▼
| orbit_period = 92.71&nbsp;minutes<ref name="n2yo"/>
| apsis = gee
 
| docking recovery_by =
▲| disposal_type = Recovered
{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
▲| landing_date = {{end-date|11 February 2015, 00:44 UTC|timezone=yes}} <ref name="nsf20150209">{{cite news |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/02/crs-5-dragon-homecoming-huge-spacex-tuesday/ |title=SpaceX CRS-5 Dragon returns home via Pacific splashdown |workpublisher=NASA Spaceflight NASASpaceFlight.com|first=Chris |last=Bergin |date=9 February 2015 |accessdateaccess-date=28 March 2015}}</ref>
| docking_target = [[International Space Station|ISS]]
| docking_typelanding_site = berth[[Atlantic Ocean]]
 
| docking_port = ''[[Harmony (ISS module)|Harmony]]'' nadir▼
| capture_date orbit_reference = 12[[Geocentric January 2015, 10:54&nbsp;UTCorbit]]<ref name="nasa-capturen2yo">{{cite web |url=httpshttp://blogswww.nasan2yo.govcom/spacestationsatellite/2015/01/12/dragon-arrives-successfully-captured-at-station/ ?s=40370|title=Dragon Arrives, Successfully Captured at StationDRAGON CRS-5|publisher=NASA |first=Mark |last=Garcia N2YO.com|access-date=12 January 2015 |accessdate=1225 January 2015}}</ref>
▲| orbit_regime = [[Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]
| docking_date = 12 January 2015, 13:54&nbsp;UTC<ref name="nasa-berth">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/01/12/dragon-attached-to-harmony-module/ |title=Dragon Attached to Harmony Module |publisher=NASA |first=Mark |last=Garcia |date=12 January 2015 |accessdate=12 January 2015}}</ref>▼
▲| orbit_inclination = 51.65&nbsp;degrees<ref name="n2yo"/>°
| undocking_date = 10 February 2015, 17:11 UTC▼
 
▲ | release_date = 10 February 2015, 19:10 UTC
| time_dockeddocking = 29 days, 3 hours,= 17{{Infobox minutesspaceflight/Dock
▲| mission_type | docking_target = [[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply
| docking_type = berth
▲ | docking_port = ''[[Harmony (ISS module)|Harmony]]'' [[nadir]]
| capture_date = 12 January 2015, 10:54 UTC <ref name="nasa-capture">{{cite web|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/01/12/dragon-arrives-successfully-captured-at-station/|title=Dragon Arrives, Successfully Captured at Station|publisher=NASA|date=12 January 2015|access-date=12 January 2015}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
▲ | docking_date = 12 January 2015, 13:54&nbsp; UTC <ref name="nasa-berth">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/01/12/dragon-attached-to-harmony-module/ |title=Dragon Attached to Harmony Module |publisher=NASA |first=Mark |last=Garcia |date=12 January 2015 |accessdateaccess-date=12 January 2015}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
▲ | undocking_date = 10 February 2015, 17:11  UTC
| release_date = 10 February 2015, 19:10 UTC
| time_docked = {{time interval|12 January 2015 13:54|10 February 2015 17:11|show=dhm|sep=,}}
}}
 
| cargo_mass = {{cvt|2317|kg}} <ref name= "nasa-factsheet"/>
| cargo_mass_press = {{cvt|1823|kg}}
| cargo_mass_unpress = {{cvt|494|kg}}
 
| cargo_mass_fuel =
| cargo_mass_gasinsignia = SpaceX CRS-5 Patch.png
▲| insignia_caption = NASA SpX-5 mission patch
| cargo_mass_water =
 
| programme = '''[[Commercial Resupply Services]]'''
| previous_mission = [[Cygnus Orb-3|Orbital-3]]<!-- "Cygnus" is a qualifier used in the article's title for disambiguation and is not part of the official name -->
▲| insignia next_mission = [[SpaceX CRS-5 Patch.png6]]
 
| programmeprogramme2 = '''[[SpaceX Dragon 1#List = [[Commercialof Resupplymissions|Cargo ServicesDragon]]'''
| previous_mission previous_mission2 = [[SpaceX CRS-4]]
| next_mission next_mission2 = [[SpaceX CRS-6]]
}}
 
'''SpaceX CRS-5''', also known as '''SpX-5''', was a [[Commercial Resupply Services|Commercial Resupply Service mission]] to the [[International Space Station]] (ISS), conducted by [[SpaceX]] for [[NASA]], and was launched on 10 January 2015 and ended on 11 February 2015. It was the seventh flight for SpaceX's uncrewed [[SpaceX Dragon|Dragon]] [[Comparison of space station cargo vehicles|cargo spacecraft]] and the fifth SpaceX operational mission contracted to [[NASA]] under an [[Commercial Orbital Transportation Services#Commercial Resupply Services|ISS resupply services]] contract.
 
== Launch history ==
[[File:Launch of Falcon 9 carrying CRS-5 (KSC-2015-1038, crop).jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|left|Launch of the Falcon 9 rocketlaunch vehicle carrying CRS-5]]
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By July 2014, the launch was scheduled by NASA for "no earlier than" December 2014, with docking to the station projected to occur two days after launch.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/ |title=Spaceflight Now – Tracking Station – Worldwide launch schedule |publisher=Spaceflightnow.com |accessdate=2014-10-20}}</ref> Originally scheduled for a 16 December 2014, launch, the mission was changed to 19 December 2014, in order to give SpaceX more preparation time for a successful launch. The launch was postponed again to NET 6 January 2015, in order to allow more tests before committing to a firm launch date.<ref name=NASA_MEDIA>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/december/nasa-spacex-update-launch-of-resupply-mission-to-the-space-station/ |title=NASA, SpaceX Update Launch of Resupply Mission to the Space Station |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=11 December 2014 |accessdate=2014-12-12}}</ref><ref name=nsf20141217>
{{cite news |last1=Bergin |first1=Chris |title=SpaceX confirms CRS-5 launch slip to January 6 |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/12/spacex-static-fire-falcon-9-crs-5/ |accessdate=2014-12-18 |work=NASASpaceFlight.com |date=17 December 2014}}</ref>
 
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TheOn 6 January 2015, the launch attempt was placed on hold at 1 minute 21 seconds prior to scheduled lift-off after a member of the launch team noticed [[Falcon 9actuator]] rocketdrift carryingon theone CRS-5of Dragontwo spacecraft[[Thrust successfullyvectoring|thrust launchedvector]] oncontrol 10systems Januaryof 2015the atFalcon 9:47&nbsp;UTC second stage engine.<ref name="nsf20150110sfnow20150106">{{cite news |url=httphttps://www.nasaspaceflightspaceflightnow.com/2015/01/06/spacex-dragonlaunch-crsscrubbed-5by-launchsteering-historicsystem-core-returnproblem/ |title=CRS-5SpaceX Dragonlaunch successfullyscrubbed launchedby –steering Core ASDS landing attemptedsystem problem|work=NASA Spaceflight Now|first=William |last=Graham Harwood|date=106 January 2015 |accessdateaccess-date=2015-01-1508}}</ref> DragonAs reachedthis thelaunch stationhad onan 12instantaneous January.launch Itwindow, wasmeaning grappledno bydelays theare [[Spacepossible Stationin Remotethe Manipulatorlaunch System]]sequence, atthe 10:54&nbsp;UTCflight andwas berthedpostponed to 9 January 2015.<ref name="sfnow20150106"/> On 7 January 2015, the ''[[Harmonyflight (ISSwas module)|Harmony]]''rescheduled modulefor at10 13:56&nbsp;UTCJanuary 2015.<ref name="nsf20150112nasa20150107">{{cite news |url=httphttps://wwwblogs.nasaspaceflightnasa.comgov/spacex/2015/01/iss07/next-crsspacex-5launch-welcomeattempt-spacexsaturday-dragonjan-10/ |title=ISS berthsNext SpaceX's DragonLaunch followingAttempt speedySaturday, arrivalJanuary 10|workpublisher=NASA Spaceflight |first=Chris |last=Bergin |date=127 January 2015 |accessdateaccess-date=2015-01-1508}}</ref>
 
The [[Falcon 9]] launch vehicle carrying the CRS-5 Dragon spacecraft successfully launched on 10 January 2015 at 09:47:10 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]].<ref name="nsf20150110">{{cite news |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/01/spacex-dragon-crs-5-launch-historic-core-return/|title=CRS-5 Dragon successfully launched – Core ASDS landing attempted|work=NASASpaceFlight.com|first=William |last=Graham|date=10 January 2015|access-date=2015-01-15}}</ref> Dragon reached the station on 12 January 2015. It was grappled by the [[Mobile Servicing System]] (Canadarm2) at 10:54 UTC and berthed to the ''[[Harmony (ISS module)|Harmony]]'' module at 13:56 UTC.<ref name="nsf20150112">{{cite news|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/01/iss-crs-5-welcome-spacex-dragon/|title=ISS berths SpaceX's Dragon following speedy arrival|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|first=Chris|last=Bergin|date=12 January 2015|access-date=2015-01-15}}</ref>
==Primary payload==▼
{{expand section|date=November 2014}}
The Dragon spacecraft for CRS-5 carried {{convert|2317|kg|lb|0}} of cargo to the ISS. Included in this was {{convert|490|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} of provisions and equipment for the crew, {{convert|717|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} of station hardware, {{convert|577|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} of science equipment and experiments, and the {{convert|494|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} [[Cloud Aerosol Transport System]] (CATS).<ref name="nsf20150110"/>▼
 
▲== Primary payload ==
CATS is a [[light detection and ranging|LIDAR]] remote sensing instrument designed to measure the location, composition and distribution of pollution, dust, smoke, aerosols and other particulates in the atmosphere. CATS is to be installed on the [[Kibo (ISS module)|Kibo]] external facility and is expected to run for at least six months, and up to three years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cats.gsfc.nasa.gov/ |title=Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) |publisher=Cats.gsfc.nasa.gov |accessdate=2014-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1037.html |title=NASA – Cloud-Aerosol Transport System |publisher=Nasa.gov |accessdate=2014-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2558504/ISS-laser-cannon-like-Death-Star-Star-Wars.html |title=ISS to get Cloud Aerosol Transport System, a laser cannon – Daily Mail Online |work=Mail Online |accessdate=2014-10-20}}</ref>▼
▲The Dragon spacecraft for CRS-5 carried {{convertcvt|2317|kg|lb|0}} of cargo to the ISS. Included in this was {{convertcvt|490|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} of provisions and equipment for the crew, {{convertcvt|717|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} of station hardware, {{convertcvt|577|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} of science equipment and experiments, and the {{convertcvt|494|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} [[Cloud Aerosol Transport System]] (CATS).<ref name="nsf20150110"/>
 
▲CATS is a [[light detection and rangingLidar|LIDAR]] remote sensing instrument designed to measure the location, composition and distribution of pollution, dust, smoke, aerosols and other particulates in the atmosphere. CATS is to be installed on the [[KiboKibō (ISS module)|KiboKibō module]] external facility and is expected to run for at least six months, and up to three years.<ref name="CATS">{{cite web |url=httphttps://cats.gsfc.nasa.gov/ |title=Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) |publisher=Cats.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA|accessdate=2014access-10date=31 May 2021}} {{PD-20notice}}</ref><ref name="NASACATS">{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1037explorer/Investigation.html ?#id=1007|title=NASA – Cloud-Aerosol Transport System |publisher=Nasa.gov NASA|accessdateaccess-date=2014-10-2031 May 2021}}</ref><ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2558504/ISS-laser-cannon-like-Death-Star-Star-Wars.html |title=ISS to get Cloud Aerosol Transport System, a laser cannon – Daily Mail Online |work=Mail Online |accessdate=2014-10PD-20notice}}</ref>
==Post-launch flight test==▼
{{main|SpaceX reusable launch system development program}}
[[File:CRS-5 Dragon recovery aboard ship (16511391418).jpg|thumb|left|CRS-5 Dragon aboard recovery ship]]
 
Upon completion of its stay, Dragon was loaded with {{cvt|1332|kg}} of outgoing cargo, returning it back to [[Earth]].<ref name="nasa-factsheet">{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/SpaceX_CRS-5_factsheet.pdf|title=Factsheet: SpaceX CRS-5|publisher=NASA|date=December 2014|access-date=31 May 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
In an unprecedented<ref name=sfn20150110/> [[flight test|test flight]], SpaceX [[Falcon 9 ocean booster landing tests|attempted to return]] the nearly-empty<!-- it seems we could say "expended" here, as once separation occurs, these things are normally just disposed of in the ocean; SpaceX is choosing to instrument the stages for flight test data gathering, and add technological capabilities, so that they can iteratively work to develop reusable first stage technology --> [[multistage rocket|first stage]] of the Falcon 9 through the atmosphere and land it on a {{convert|90|x|50|m|adj=on|sp=us}} [[Floating landing platform|floating platform]] called the ''[[autonomous spaceport drone ship]]''.<ref name=nsf20141217/>
In October 2014, SpaceX had revealed that the ship was being built for SpaceX in [[Louisiana]],<ref name=sn20141024>
{{cite news |last1=Foust |first1=Jeff |title=Next Falcon 9 Launch Could See First-stage Platform Landing |url=http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/42305next-falcon-9-launch-could-see-first-stage-platform-landing |accessdate=2014-10-25 |work=Space News |date=25 October 2014}}</ref><!-- LINK to MIT conference video primary source: [http://webcast.amps.ms.mit.edu/fall2014/AeroAstro/index-Fri-PM.html MIT AeroAstro Centennial Symposium], 24 October 2014 -->
and by mid-December, the ship was docked in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], ready to go to sea to support the test flight landing attempt.<ref name=sfn20141216>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Stephen |title=Photos: SpaceX’s autonomous spaceport drone ship |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/12/16/photos-spacexs-autonomous-spaceport-drone-ship/ |accessdate=2014-12-16 |work=Spaceflight Now |date=16 December 2014}}</ref>
 
▲== Post-launch flight test ==
===Results of first landing attempt===▼
{{main|SpaceX reusable launch system development program}}In an unprecedented <ref name=sfn20150110/> [[flight test|test flight]], SpaceX [[Falcon 9 ocean booster landing tests|attempted to return]] the [[Multistage rocket|first stage]] of the Falcon 9 through the atmosphere and land it on a {{cvt|90|x|50|m}} [[Floating landing platform|floating platform]] called the ''[[autonomous spaceport drone ship]]''.<ref name=nsf20141217/> In October 2014, SpaceX had revealed that the ship was being built for SpaceX in [[Louisiana]],<ref name=sn20141024>{{cite news|last1=Foust|first1=Jeff|title=Next Falcon 9 Launch Could See First-stage Platform Landing |url=http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/42305next-falcon-9-launch-could-see-first-stage-platform-landing|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141025142556/http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/42305next-falcon-9-launch-could-see-first-stage-platform-landing|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2014|access-date=2014-10-25|publisher=SpaceNews|date=25 October 2014}}</ref> and by mid-December 2014, the ship was docked in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], ready to go to sea to support the test flight landing attempt.<ref name=sfn20141216>{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Stephen|title=Photos: SpaceX's autonomous spaceport drone ship|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/12/16/photos-spacexs-autonomous-spaceport-drone-ship/|access-date=2014-12-16|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=16 December 2014}}</ref>
SpaceX attempted a landing on the drone ship on 10 January. Many of the [[flight test|test]] objectives were achieved, including precision control of the rocket's descent to land on the platform at a specific point in the south Atlantic Ocean and a large amount of test data was obtained from the first use of [[grid fin]] control surfaces used for more precise reentry positioning. However, the landing was a [[hard landing]] and SpaceX is currently working to recover parts of the vehicle for testing and analysis. Full details of what happened to the rocket are not yet publicly known;<ref name=sfn20150110>
{{cite news |last1=Clark|first1=Stephen |title=Dragon successfully launched, rocket recovery demo crash lands|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/01/10/dragon-successfully-launched-rocket-recovery-demo-crash-lands/ |accessdate=10 January 2015 |work=Spaceflight Now |date=10 January 2015 }}</ref> Musk himself has said that one of the possible problems was the grid fins running out of [[hydraulic fluid]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.space.com/28236-spacex-rocket-landing-hydraulic-fluid.html |title=SpaceX's Elon Musk Says Rocket Landing Test Ran Out of Hydraulic Fluid |work=Space.com |first=Miriam |last=Kramer |date=12 January 2015 |accessdate=20 January 2015}}</ref>▼
 
▲=== Results of first landing attempt ===
The SpaceX webcast indicated that the boostback burn and reentry burns for the descending first stage occurred, and that the descending rocket then went "below the horizon," as expected, which eliminated the live telemetry signal. Shortly thereafter, SpaceX released information that the rocket did get to the drone spaceport ship as planned, but "landed hard ... Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced."<ref name=sfn20150110/><ref name=sx-musk20150110>
▲SpaceX attempted a landing on the drone ship on 10 January 2015. Many of the [[flight test|test]] objectives were achieved, including precision control of the first stage's descent to land on the platform at a specific point in the south [[Atlantic Ocean]] and a large amount of test data was obtained from the first use of [[grid fin]] control surfaces used for more precise reentry positioning. However, the first stage was destroyed due to a [[hard landing]].<ref name=sfn20150110>{{cite news |last1=Clark|first1=Stephen |title=Dragon successfully launched, rocket recovery demo crash lands |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/01/10/dragon-successfully-launched-rocket-recovery-demo-crash-lands/ |accessdateaccess-date=10 January 2015 |workpublisher=Spaceflight Now |date=10 January 2015 }}</ref> Musk himself has said that one of the possible problems was the grid fins running out of [[hydraulic fluid]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.space.com/28236-spacex-rocket-landing-hydraulic-fluid.html |title=SpaceX's Elon Musk Says Rocket Landing Test Ran Out of Hydraulic Fluid |workpublisher=SpaceSPACE.com |first=Miriam |last=Kramer |date=12 January 2015 |accessdateaccess-date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
{{cite web |last1=Musk|first1=Elon |title=Post-launch Twitter news releases |url=https://twitter.com/elonmusk |publisher=SpaceX|accessdate=2015-01-10 |quote=''Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho.''", "''Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced.''", "''Didn't get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and ... actual pieces.''}}</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/553855109114101760</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/553856479590359040</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/553857574005915648</ref> SpaceX made a video of the landing attempt available on [[Vine (service)|Vine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vine.co/v/OjqeYWWpVWK |title=Close, but no cigar. This time. |work=SpaceX |publisher=[[Vine (service)|Vine]] |date=16 January 2015 |accessdate=17 January 2015}}</ref>▼
 
▲The SpaceX webcast indicated that the boostback burn and re-entry burns for the descending first stage occurred, and that the descending then went "below the horizon", as expected, which eliminated the live telemetry signal. Shortly thereafter, SpaceX released information that the first stage did get to the drone spaceport ship as planned, but "landed hard ... Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced".<ref name=sfn20150110/><ref name=sx-musk20150110>{{cite web |last1=Musk|first1=Elon |title=Post-launch Twitter news releases |url=https://twitter.com/elonmusk |publisher=SpaceX |accessdateaccess-date=2015-01-10 |quote=''Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho.''", "''Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced.''", "''Didn't get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and ... actual pieces.''.}}</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/{{cite tweet|user=elonmusk/status/ |author=Elon Musk|number=553855109114101760|date=10 January 2015|title=Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho.}}</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/{{cite tweet|user=elonmusk/status/|author=Elon Musk|number=553856479590359040|date=10 January 2015|title=Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced...}}</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/{{cite tweet |user=elonmusk/status/|author=Elon Musk|number=553857574005915648|date=10 January 2015|title=Didn't get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and ... actual pieces.}}</ref> SpaceX made a video of the landing attempt available on [[Vine (service)|Vine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vine.co/v/OjqeYWWpVWK |title=Close, but no cigar. This time. |work=SpaceX |publisher=[[Vine (service)|Vine]] |date=16 January 2015 |accessdateaccess-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
==See also==▼
 
== Gallery ==
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▲== See also ==
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* [[List of Falcon 9 launches]]
 
== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/index.html NASA Commercial Resupply launch hub]
* [http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/SpaceX_NASA_CRS-5_PressKit-105.pdf SpaceX CRS-5 mission press kit]
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