CRS-18 Mission

At 6:01 p.m. EDT, or 22:01 UTC, on Thursday, July 25, SpaceX launched its eighteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-18) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Dragon separated from Falcon 9’s second stage about nine minutes after liftoff.

The Dragon spacecraft supporting the CRS-18 mission previously supported the CRS-6 mission in April 2015 and the CRS-13 mission in December 2017. Following stage separation, SpaceX recovered Falcon 9’s first stage on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

[klndthu]

These launches and successful rocket returns never get old.

[Salty_Nutella]

Imagine just having an average day driving in Florida and suddenly you look right and there's a giant rocket landing on its own. What a time to be alive.

[crazyksp]

One of the smoothest landings i've ever seen.

[topon]

14:50 Launch
17:20 Booster seperation
22:50 Landing burn
23:20 Landing
24:50 Dragon seperation

[VatsalSingh]

First stage recovery has become more interesting than launch these days. Good work.

[Guffy]

I've never experienced awe in the same way I experience it when I see that booster(s) touch down. The sheer enormity of the task is bewildering to me.


When I saw it, my jaw literally dropped and I started clapping. On my own, no one here to hear me, just clapping by myself. For a solid minute or so. And I've seen the landings many times, but it just astonishes me every single time.


Bravo SpaceX.

[jimsvideos]

That tracking shot of the landing is utterly bananas.

[davidwolf]

This just never, EVER gets old! Watching that first stage reentry and landing is such a highlight!

[easyamp]

doesn't matter how many times I see it, just unbelievable. gives me hope

[canadata]

the 44th successful landing, gosh, how much had spaceX saved so far. Great Job!

[alrightydave]

Incredible. What a time to be alive to see rockets land themselves back on Earth. I know they've done it 40 times now but man that never gets old.

[UnrdinrYPrgrmmeR]

Another great one @SpaceX. Can't wait for starhopper to jump.

[hoverpantsz]

At 52 years old i cry with love for you people.

[gaming_henry]

The accuracy of the landing now is outstanding, right on target every time

[catapultien]

As a human, I am proud of SpaceX. It's making our imagination fly, it's making us hope for progress in space exploration. Thank you so much for keeping our breath!

[theastronerd]

This was my first live launch that I watched live. I want to be an astronaut for SpaceX or NASA when I grow up and this was so far the best moment of my life ever! Thanks for making my day SpaceX and NASA, you guys are the best! Keep up the great work!
I really want to work as an astronaut for you guys, and it would make my day even more if all of you people over there at SpaceX and NASA saw this comment and replied.

[lucascb]

8:58 Webcast Start
23:58 Launch
26:20 MECO
30:42 Entry Burn
31:50 Landing Burn
32:30 Landing
32:32 SECO
33:45 Deploy

[Hey_Rollie]

That was easily the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time! Congrats and thanks for broadcasting it live!

[GarrisonFall]

I want to thank SpaceX for making this work available for the (international) public to see. I was six years old when humans first stepped onto the moon and I still remember watching it (on TV in Australia).
I've just found program on YouTube and it is just as incredible to watch, even after all these years when space technology has become almost 'commonplace'. Not to me though - seeing the first stage landing vertically is almost unbelievable!
All the cameras provide views I'd never see without SpaceX going out of their way to provide the vision, commentators and information. Thank you.

[sweetlane]

"Non-Newtonian fluid to the ISS"... Is it a sort of Mystery Goo observations?