New Footage! The all-new Falcon 9 booster for CRS-22 mission launched and landed successfully!

Launch of Falcon 9 on June 3
Image credit: Greg Scott

On June 3 2021, CRS-22 mission launched successfully to bring new equipment and experiments to the International Space Station. 

The mission was flown with a Dragon 2 spacecraft (uncrewed). The spacecraft is full of new scientific experiments and more! Even CubeSats are on board. 

Image credit: NASA

Learn more about what it brought here

The booster that flown this time is new! That's why it's all white and not sooty black. The booster is B1067 and it worked perfectly.

Here is a short video of its launch:

 

Video of Falcon 9's launch on June 3.

Video credit: SpaceX Livestream

The CRS-22 Dragon 2 spacecraft is still cruising in space before docking with the ISS Harmony module. The spacecraft with dock around 5 June 2021, 09:00 UTC.

Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur will monitor the spacecraft on its arrival. The spacecraft will stay docked for about a month, before returning to Earth. 

Here is the footage of the landing:

Video of the landing of the booster.

Video credit: Marcus House & SpaceX

The booster performed a boostback burn this time after stage separation. When the Dragon separated from the second stage, the solar arrays can be seen.

Dragon 2 spacecraft separates from the second stage.

Video source: SpaceX Livestream

This successful landing marks the 86th successful recovery of a Falcon 9 booster by SpaceX. 

Congrats to SpaceX and NASA team!