Launch Mission: CRS-6

Date: 4/14/2015

✅ Successful Launch

🧾 Mission Details

Flight #: 22

Details: Following the first-stage boost, SpaceX attempted a controlled-descent test of the first stage. The first stage contacted the ship, but soon tipped over due to excess lateral velocity caused by a stuck throttle valve resulting in a later-than-intended downthrottle.

🚀 Rocket Details

Name: Falcon 9

Type: rocket

📍 Launchpad Details

Name: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40

Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida

Launchpad Details Page

🛰️ Cores

Core Serial: B1015 — Reuse Count: 0View Core

🧑‍🚀 Payloads

Payload: CRS-6 — Mass: 1898 kgView Payload

🚢 Ships Involved

Name: Elsbeth III — Type: TugView Ship
Name: GO Quest — Type: CargoView Ship
Name: Megan — Type: CargoView Ship
Name: Just Read The Instructions 1 — Type: BargeView Ship
Name: NRC Quest — Type: CargoView Ship