Those are not booster tumbler motors at 4:18. They fire much earlier, just after separation from the upper stage. That "flare" was most likely due to aerodynamics at that time, and could be due to crossing the sound barrier.
The "flare" seems to come from both ends of the booster when it is aligned perpendicular to the line of flight but there also seems to be a bit of a stern wave which made visible by the flare.
Fire the chute rigger!
berger1980 6 months ago
Looks like the chute was cigeret rolled. but the whole things was cool
cheintzelman1 1 year ago
Best ride in the park.
Infidelerious 1 year ago
keep to catch the camera well.
taku221 1 year ago
AWESOME..!!!
oscarlithgow 1 year ago
NASA RNTTESTER TEST
rnttester 2 years ago
5:25 One of the booster´s three parachutes shreded, but still is an excellent splashdown. Amaizing video. 5/5
an147 2 years ago
I understand that the SRB was dented as a result of the hard landing.
Amazing how the long-range camera can remain locked onto the booster during the entire flight through splashdown!
GSMSfromFV 2 years ago
Parachute engineers should be able to tell what happened, it looks like the shoot ripped or the strings broke for the one.
Gatedialer 2 years ago 2
Thats the angle I wanted to see. Awesome :)
siim258 2 years ago 2
fantastic video! Made my day
huttonism 2 years ago 2
An interesting "flare" occurred at 4:18 which seems to have illuminated some sort of trailing wave.
httprover 2 years ago 2
Those are booster tumble motors firing to help slow the stage's descent.
AresTV 2 years ago
@AresTV Uh, no. That is condensation from the sonic shockwave.
karlrob76 1 year ago
@AresTV
What?!??!
This is no motors firing, its the effect of slowing down from supersonic speed.
kurnano 1 year ago
Those are not booster tumbler motors at 4:18. They fire much earlier, just after separation from the upper stage. That "flare" was most likely due to aerodynamics at that time, and could be due to crossing the sound barrier.
rocketsarecool1 2 years ago
It's a PrandtlGlauert cloud. Google it.
TimeLapseSteve 2 years ago
The "flare" seems to come from both ends of the booster when it is aligned perpendicular to the line of flight but there also seems to be a bit of a stern wave which made visible by the flare.
httprover 2 years ago
They will fix the chute-issue in no time.
The SRB hit the surface almost sideways in high speed.
Looking forward to Ares-1Y.
I think this was a good test.
Valuble errors occured.
They learned a lot.
asmundhagen 2 years ago 6