Falcon Heavy’s Epic Booster Landing.

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奇跡にしか見えない

Not a miracle just pure physics 🥰

What is meant by braking engines activated by the flight computer to reduce the spacecraft's speed? You can see the Falcon Heavy using its braking engine—an engine used during both launch and landing.

🚀🔥 How does a rocket slow itself down in midair? When a Falcon booster begins its return, the flight computer can command an engine burn to reduce velocity and control the vehicle’s trajectory. The same Merlin engines used for propulsion can also perform controlled burns during descent. It’s not a brake like on a car—the rocket slows down by firing its engines in the opposite direction of its motion. Pure physics. Precisely controlled. 🛰️

That’s correct. It isn’t a brake of the same kind found on a car; it is a brake that counteracts Earth’s gravity—otherwise, you could cause a massive crater. Everything revolves around the planet’s gravity, both during launch and landing.🐝

With the help of these three steps, the spacecraft can better handle the planet's atmosphere and land more safely: 1) braking engines activated by the flight computer to reduce the spacecraft's speed, 2) protective panels, 3) a flat underside on the spacecraft.🐝