Blastoff! SpaceX launches 'Falcon' rocket on Star Wars Day, nails landing

Nasa Space

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, named after the "Millennium Falcon," launched 29 Starlink satellites from Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 4th, 2025 — Star Wars Day.

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00:00T-minus 15 seconds, T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition, and liftoff.

00:23Go Falcon, go Starlink.

00:32Vehicle is pitching downrange.

00:37M1D, chamber pressures are nominal.

00:53Power and telemetry nominal.

01:09Falcon 9 is supersonic.

01:27Max Q.

01:37Engine chill has started.

02:05Let's continue now.

02:07We can manage this.

02:08We will eat more than a solution.

02:10Let's continue.

02:12We will start at the end for more of the next session.

02:15I'm ready.

02:17We're ready.

02:19We will start at the end for a moment.

02:22But we'll start with some time.

02:23We will start with some time.

02:26We will start with the next session.

02:28Miko?

02:38Stage separation confirmed.

02:56And back ignition.

03:26Fairing separation confirmed.

03:38Both vehicles are on nominal trajectories.

06:18Stage 1, FTS is saved.

06:31Stage 1, entry burn start up.

06:52Stage 1, entry burn shut down.

06:54Both vehicles continue to follow nominal trajectories.

06:59Stage 2, FTS has saved.

07:01Stage 2, FTS has saved.

07:23Stage 1, transonic.

07:30Stage 1, transonic.

07:44Stage 1, transonic.

07:51Stage 1, landing burn.

08:00Stage 1, landing burn.

08:12Stage 1, landing burn.

08:19Stage 1, landing burn.

08:26Stage 1, landing burn.

08:28Stage 1, landing burn.

08:32Stage 1, landing burn.

08:33Stage 1, landing burn.

08:39Stage 1, landing burn.

08:40Stage 1, landing burn.

08:46Stage 1, landing burn.

08:48Stage 1, landing burn.

08:49No.

08:51hic bang.

08:53Nominal orbit insertion.

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