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Watch the arrival of a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, officially known as Booster 1023. This booster supported two SpaceX missions (spaceflown), a Falcon 9 and a Falcon Heavy mission. It will reside inside Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's newest attraction, Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex opening March 2022.
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@Chris-yr6gu 2 года назад

They should have had it flown there. It can land by itself just fine.

@Ron4885 2 года назад

😃👍yes I like the idea.

@orangeade5 2 года назад

This is what I was hoping to see in the comment section

@cablewaffel7957 2 года назад

Maybe they can give people rides on it

@cablewaffel7957 2 года назад

@alex Smith, ya know, just stick a dragon on top and only fly suborbital. They don't even need any staging, just land on the booster

@sjoerd5629 2 года назад

@alex Smith It's only a "heavy" if they couple three Falcon9's together. This is just a single booster.

@CalMariner 2 года назад

This is awesome! While Blue Origin is still a drawing and Boeing can't get their capsule fixed, SpaceX is already putting their historical rockets on display!

@josephius 2 года назад

SpaceX already have had Falcon 9 Booster on display at their Headquarters in Hawthorne, CA since 2016, but you're right about Blue Origin and Boeing!

@praythemallthewaygay3232 2 года назад

Bezos: "I'm going to sue you for saying that"

@SuikageKagetsu 2 года назад

@@josephius Its still different tho... That was their headquarters.. But this Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

@dwmzmm 2 года назад

@@josephius A Space X used booster is on display at Space Center Houston (next to JSC).

@fahndraco526 2 года назад

I thought Boeing's Starliner was pretty much History now, seeing it seems that NASA has lost patients with Boeing and their seemingly never ending problems with the Starliner Capsule, as NASA has now given SpaceX even more of the Boeing's Starliner's planned Missions/Flights over to the SpaceX's Dragon Capsule! I would love to see some of the surviving SpaceX Starship and Boosters prototype's also end up here at the Kennedy Space Center!

@wadewilson524 2 года назад

F9 has a hugely deserving place among the historical giants at the KSC Visitor Complex! The Smithsonian needs one as well!!

@Sacto1654 2 года назад

I completely agree. The SpaceX Falcon 9, especially the models with the reusable first stage, has dramatically reduced the cost of sending satellites into orbit.

@ImieNazwiskoOK 2 года назад

It's FH, not F9

@yannickvorwerk-1stracer-49 2 года назад

@@ImieNazwiskoOK Yeah but a FH sidebooster is just a F9 with a nosecone lol

@FxsX24 2 года назад

They were offered one. But spacex declined because they would have had to pay for the building to be built around it

@awuma 2 года назад

@@yannickvorwerk-1stracer-49 This is B1023, a Full Thrust version which had one regular F9 flight, then as second as a side booster on the first Falcon Heavy test flight (the Tesla Roadster launch). It's story is therefore interesting.

@MrMarco7259 2 года назад

This is well deserved! Congratulations Space X. Starship will be next.

@ReadTheShrill 2 года назад

They're going to need a much bigger building some day 😁

@simongeard4824 2 года назад

@@ReadTheShrill Easier to deliver, though. You can just picture Musk calling up KSC... "just tell me where you want us to put it".

@paulmichaelfreedman8334 2 года назад

@@simongeard4824 "Land it" ....

@simongeard4824 2 года назад

@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Exactly.

@Cruiserfrank 2 года назад

1. I love that NASA has embraced reusable, more affordable rockets. 2. I love that the booster was so affordable that the owner could donate it to KSCVC. 3. I love that you left it dirty to show how resuable it really is. Looking forward to visiting someday!

@renew1572 2 года назад

The donator is Spacex the Manufacturer and operator of this rocket

@johntheux9238 2 года назад

Some early block 5 boosters were retired while still being flight worthy because they were too expensive to refurbish compared to the new ones. Is that what happened to this one?

@warrenwhite9085 2 года назад

Bloated, pork driven Federal Agency NASA is blowing $billions more taxpayer dollars on SLS/Orion, Nasa’s shameless pork unsustainable, unaffordable $4+ billion per flight boondoggle.

@valerie80yearsago90 2 года назад

@@johntheux9238 curious too

@ImieNazwiskoOK 2 года назад

I'm pretty sure that they donated it because it is in retirement and would be scrapped otherwise. Also it appears to not be F9 but outdated version of FH side booster.

@CandynoseTwinskins 2 года назад

Unlike the other rockets in the garden, this one actually has been to space.

@Sintesi. 2 года назад

what about atlantis?

@CandynoseTwinskins 2 года назад

@@Sintesi. that's technically inside haha but it sure has been to space too.

@hubriswonk 2 года назад

@@CandynoseTwinskins And it is in a completely different building.

@BradGarcia 2 года назад

I'm glad that Kennedy got a Booster! For anybody who doesn't know, Space Center Houston also has a Falcon 9 booster, and you're able to walk right up and touch that one.

@dreeemer 2 года назад

What?! Did not know that about Space Center Houston. I'm gonna have to get over there soon to check it out! Thanks for the heads up

@fuzzyhead878 2 года назад

I got to see it last year. The videos and livestreams don’t even begin to illustrate how big it is!

@SkylarGreyson 2 года назад

I and our team at Tight Line were very proud to be a part of this project! It was a lot of fun for sure. It's a very cool place if you have never been, highly recommend it!

@londonalicante 2 года назад

The forward cone where the interstage should be identifies this as a Falcon Heavy side booster, not Falcon 9. I looked it up and the missions flown by B1023 were Thaicom (Falcon 9) and Falcon Heavy Test (payload: Elon's Tesla Roadster.) After that I believe they switched to a dedicated design for Falcon Heavy side boosters. So this is one of only a few (possibly just 2) boosters that have flown as both types of rocket.

@deannelson9565 2 года назад

You know if you read the description you wouldn't have had to look it up. Lol

@londonalicante 2 года назад

@@deannelson9565 THE DESCRIPTION MENTIONS FALCON 9 ONLY! But the forward cone shows it's from a falcon heavy launch. People have been pointing out this discrepancy. I USED THE SERIAL NUMBER B1023 FROM THE DESCRIPTION TO LOOK UP and found that this booster flew twice, once as a falcon 9 and once as part of a falcon heavy. So the LOL is on you, I'm afraid.

@astranger8569 2 года назад

Ur right

@parkershaw8529 2 года назад

@@londonalicante If you truly want to be pedantic, it's not once a F9, but a F9 booster. Just like it's once a F9H side booster.

@londonalicante 2 года назад

@@gamerfortynine The centre booster is reinforced to take the extra load, but this was a regular Falcon 9 that was used as a side booster on the Falcon heavy test flight, where it gained its nose cone. It was then retired because SpaceX had improved the design and deemed it obsolete. There is now an updated Falcon 9 design (and a dedicated design for Falcon heavy side boosters as well as centre boosters.)

@Dan0__ 2 года назад

So... This is the Only booster there at the Visitor Center that has actually flown! This baby is a gem... Launched the Tesla and made that historic, surreal landing in unison with the other booster!

@HawkeyeCR52322 2 года назад

Well, keep in mind that Space Shuttle Atlantis is also there at the Vistor's Center.

@Dan0__ 2 года назад

@@HawkeyeCR52322 Ah... very true! But... It's not a booster. 🙂

@N75911_ 2 года назад

@@Dan0__ It's the ONLY live booster there... Other than that the Gemini-Titan on display there was an active Titan Missile with a 9 megaton nuclear warhead onboard before it was given to the museum, repainted and fitted with a mockup Gemini capsule

@stevebollinger3463 2 года назад

I know people want it standing in the rocket garden but I feel like the other ‘back from space’ items they have there it should be indoors to protect it from the weather. All the items in the rocket garden are spares or even mock-ups. It’s a real, returned rocket. We should probably protect it for the future.

@Stefan3690 2 года назад

It‘s not like that’s the only recovered & retired F9 booster. Even of this Type (F9 FT) SpaceX has 8 more lying around.

@averagerocketenthusiast9585 2 года назад

also let's not forget og-2 booster is standing in front of their hawthorne facilities and it is still good after like 6 years

@averagerocketenthusiast9585 2 года назад

@hello and so are the rockets in the rocket garden. very good point though

@stevebollinger3463 2 года назад

I don’t want to see a rocket that looks like it was painted on Earth when there is one that looks like it has been to space because it has been to space. They don’t put Atlantis outside and then paint it over and over. They put a mock up outside. If you want a Falcon 9 in the rocket garden I’m all for it. Bring another one by and plant it out there and paint it over and over as the sun strips it down.

@FrenchHornNerd42 2 года назад

Imagine being in your car and a freaking full size rocket just drives by right in front of you.

@bmoore8853 2 года назад

Just wow. I remember going here as a child more times than I can remember, I cannot wait to bring my child to visit

@lanzer22 2 года назад

Mine's coming in April. We'll see you at the complex. ;)

@spacexcellent5919 2 года назад

I can't wait to come see it! I've never seen a Falcon 9 up close!

@filanfyretracker 2 года назад

bigger than you think they are, I saw the one in Hawthorne and its so much taller than it looks on youtube.

@ArjanTV 2 года назад

Lucky bastard lol What rocket did u see up close ?

@filanfyretracker 2 года назад

@@ArjanTV the Falcon 9 first stage that is sitting right outside SpaceX HQ. Easiest thing I found was to park at the Lowes store nearby.

@rong1924 2 года назад

It's not a Falcon 9. It's a Superheavy booster. Different.

@jamesmcdonald1687 2 года назад

When one’s 7 year old daughter is begging to visit again you know you have done something right…

@gus473 2 года назад

👍🏼 Watching & commenting via SpaceX Starlink! Thanks, team! 😎✌🏼

@Hykje 2 года назад

All the other rockets on display look clean and brand-new, but the Falcon booster really has "been there done that"written all over it.

@tristangehman9236 2 года назад

That's because up until this point every rocket that is there has never flown. All their functional counterparts either sunk in the Atlantic or burnt up in the atmosphere.

@toledojeeper2932 2 года назад

When I was very young I got to see a Saturn V sitting on the crawler...something I will never forget .

@exospaceman8209 2 года назад

The booster from the falcon heavy maiden flight damn I remember it! Feels like yesterday

@xxZerosumxx 2 года назад

Yeah, time flies. I was there to see it live.

@josephvanwanzeele5125 2 года назад

Figures that we were just down there for a visit last week and had left. Aside from that, was quite impressive when this booster rolled alongside of the Saturn rocket. Wow! What a visual!

@billi706 2 года назад

Same 🤦‍♂️

@geomodelrailroader 2 года назад

The Falcon 9 has earned its place in Rocket Park right next to the Delta Rocket. Good Job SpaceX!

@bouncebynum 2 года назад

This is long overdue. Well done, SpaceX.

@machone7580 2 года назад

Last time I was there, they were redoing the Sat1B that they drove the Falcon 9 next to. Looks good!

@saturn5tony 2 года назад

So right in putting a falcon 9 booster in a place of history. It really belongs here now. It looked so good next to the Saturn1b, Go Spacex.

@cambodianriverpig7613 2 года назад

The Florida backdrop makes it look like a scene from Jurassic Park.

@kimmorrill7060 2 года назад

Vacation in Cap Canaveral, look forward to seeing the launch early morning! Saw the last one the other evening. So cool watching them take off.

@denniscruz4991 2 года назад

Love how the video was shot almost entirely with the blue origin buildings out of sight 😂 #teamspacex

@henkvandenbergh1301 2 года назад

Is that the building that houses Willy Wonka's 'space' elevator? 😇

@f500raptor 2 года назад

_Almost_ out of sight. On the bright side, at least the B.O. staff won't have to drive too far to see actual rockets that can fly.

@denniscruz4991 2 года назад

@@f500raptor I’m screaminnnnnnnng lol 😭😭😭 #truth

@denniscruz4991 2 года назад

@@henkvandenbergh1301 yes, yes it is, among other fictional vehicles 😂

@jshepard152 2 года назад

That's fair.

@brandonstouffer 2 года назад

My school will have a field trip to go there near the end of school next year. Can’t wait to see it in person!

@hydromic2518 2 года назад

That’s so cool!!!

@mylesl2890 2 года назад

I was just there yesterday, had a truly awesome time, everybody was super nice. Exhibits loads of fun. Looking fwd to going back and seeing the new ones!

@hubriswonk 2 года назад

What did you think after the screen lifted and Atlantis was there???????????

@cwcordes 2 года назад

Two Falcon 9 boosters are now in museums. One on the West Coast and now the East coast. Must be getting crowded in the booster barn.

@johnortiz9789 2 года назад

There is another in NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

@argus0018 2 года назад

I mean SpaceX has an active fleet of 10 Falcon 9 block 5 boosters, and that is not counting the ealier retired versions. So they'll be able to fill up a substantual amount of museums.

@johnortiz9789 2 года назад

@@argus0018 I have visited the one on Hawthorn's factory and the one on NASA's JSC. I wonder where are the rest. It would be nice to visit 'em all.

@rakaydosdraj8405 2 года назад

"Moving out, free to a good home."

@anthonylabarbera3656 2 года назад

Super excited for march!! Itll be super cool to see one of the pioneer rockets of the new age of space travel

@swenmcheath1798 2 года назад

If i ever go to the US.... i need to see this whole complex

@familyfamily8763 2 года назад

That is from a falcon heavy rocket so cool!

@zoidburg2975 2 года назад

Falcon Heavy, Super Heavy is Starship booster...

@familyfamily8763 2 года назад

@@zoidburg2975 fixed thanks

@hedonistaesthetic828 2 года назад

@@familyfamily8763, It’s both, first a F9 and then one of the first of two Boosters for the first FH (Tesla to Space delivery!).

@billeisenhauer9556 2 года назад

the one rocket that is literally designed to land vertically and stand up on its own.... and they put it indoors on itsside... i dont think people can truly appreciate how amazing the fact they land these things unless its standing up on its landing legs.

@HawkeyeCR52322 2 года назад

I would agree with you, but I'm also wondering if those legs aren't designed to hold the weight of the rocket for an extended period of time.

@nickmoore385 2 года назад

@@HawkeyeCR52322 they could always strengthen them if required. The first one to land successfully is sat outside the SpaceX factory in LA.

@bocachicacrane762 2 года назад

@@HawkeyeCR52322 b1019 has been outside their hq for years vertical

@exploringnorway3982 2 года назад

Amazing tour, so facinating! :)

@nezb01 2 года назад

Can’t Waite to see Starship take its place.

@paulm.newitt3246 2 года назад

So Cool!!! That SpaceX transport vehicle looks like something from Gerry Andersen's "Thunderbirds are GO!"...

@TheTimTri 2 года назад

Displaying it inside to preserve all the re-entry soot from its historic mission is a very wise decision. I’m looking forward to visiting the new exhibition in the near future!

@bucksavage1221 2 года назад

Spacex is simply awesome. But a side note: That music will make anything feel majestic, like my post-Thanksgiving latrine visit. Carry on, space adventurers.

@Danilo12299 2 года назад

Next will be the StarShip 🙌

@michaelrarnold 2 года назад

Incredible! We were just at KSC today and noticed the construction. We saw the new building and the little dome behind the barrier wall. So awesome to see the new addition! Can’t wait for it to open!

@ELDchannel 2 года назад

Hello, it's great. Thank you for sharing.👏👏

@Jacob_Headley 2 года назад

One of the greatest achievements of man in the modern era.

@safetyalways7788 2 года назад

Dream can come true if u believe and take steps in fulfilling it. These guys inspire me a lot

@techiheed1845 2 года назад

Incredible film. Thanks KSCVC. :-)

@BravoCheesecake 2 года назад

If that 4th Falcon 1 launch hadn't been successful, we would have never gotten here today. Congratulations Space X.

@PhantomDrums917 2 года назад

CANNOT wait to get there!!!!

@matthewsavidge6248 2 года назад

Been waiting for this to happen at Kennedy so I can re visit , absolutely brilliant 👍🏻

@SpacE801 2 года назад

This is falcon heavy booster!

@kristofinportugal 2 года назад

Technically a Falcon 9, but it's a booster from Falcon Heavy. Marvellous 😊

@ClebyHerris 2 года назад

I wish that could get stopped at a light to see this without me being there on purpose. Random bits of space going down there all the time

@TennisGvy 2 года назад

What an amazing museum

@dennisdethloff4437 2 года назад

No matter what they build nothing is more impressive then the Saturn 5

@JohnSmith-sj9dk 2 года назад

Wow that is so awesome. I hope I can see it in person one day

@DavidCzuba 2 года назад

Nice complex. It's still under construction! It resembles Huntsville a little, except I believe it's Saturn is indoors now. It's cool to compare the I-B with the heavy booster side-by-side.

@jshepard152 2 года назад

The Saturn V has been indoors in Huntsville for roughly ten years now.

@dulceburillo7375 2 года назад

It looks so amazing!!! 🚀

@CountArtha 2 года назад

I always thought the "Rocket Garden" needed a Falcon 9!

@hedonistaesthetic828 2 года назад

Ahh, CountArtha, Nothing in the Garden has actually been to space; The Rockets and Boosters that have been launched are generally protected in an enclosure.

@hoytarchery5302 2 года назад

That's what cool about reusable, it's the actual rocket not just a model of it or an unflown rocket.

@joyl7842 2 года назад

Talk about a tight squeeze!

@gasser5001 2 года назад

Man, when it was doing the zoomout around 4:05, seeing the little eating area to the right took me back 20 years to being there in middle school, eating dip-n-dots sitting at those tables.

@SDGreg 2 года назад

Lasted visited the KSC visitor complex back in February of 2020. I remember we had to ask around to find the SpaceX Dragon Capsule. It was kind of hidden back inside of a building next to a model of the SLS. Hopefully this booster will be more prominently displayed.

@jamesnicholls9969 2 года назад

NASA is to embarrassed by SpaceX, so they have to hide it away. someone on a tour there said that the guide did not mention SpaceX even though a falcon 9 rocket was on the pad, but kept mentioning ULA.

@davidhunter6706 2 года назад

@@jamesnicholls9969 how is nasa embarrased by spaceX? They literally work with them by choice

@thenonato 2 года назад

can't wait to visit again when this is up in March

@JustWasted3HoursHere 2 года назад

Man, those people stopped at that stoplight and in those tour buses at :50 must have been thinking, "Say...WHAT??!! Is that a ROCKET coming down the road?!"

@steveinglis473 2 года назад

@3:55 "OMG - you've bent it !"

@carlbrown5150 2 года назад

SpaceX pride can you feel it?!!

@HawkeyeCR52322 2 года назад

What a cool freakin job... Hey hon what ya do today? Oh, nothing much...just drove a rocket that went into space to the Kennedy Space Center museum....

@lanzer22 2 года назад

A rocket in the space center that had actually been flown and not just a model. Maybe that should be the rule moving forward! :)

@YouTubeVic 2 года назад

Although it is a Falcon 9 this is only one side booster of a falcon heavy. A fully stacked booster with a second stage and a payload is much larger.

@londonalicante 2 года назад

That was my thought - the forward cone where the interstage should be identifies it as a falcon heavy side booster. I looked it up and the missions flown by B1023 were Thaicom (Falcon 9) and Falcon Heavy Test (payload: Elon's Tesla Roadster.) After that I believe they switched to a dedicated design for side boosters.

@lilmizh3635 2 года назад

big up to the driver manuevering to tight turns

@frankbrockler 2 года назад

Beautiful video. I 'm pretty sure I got some dust in my eyes when the F9 pulled up alongside SA-209.

@Kwint. 2 года назад

Already writing history and its only been a while. Thats crazy

@Ron4885 2 года назад

wow!! It's way bigger when you see it close up like this. I've just seen them setting on the launch pad or drone ship.

@CountArtha 2 года назад

Right? It's so tall and slender that you lose any sense of how enormous it is. 12 feet wide.

@GDR007 2 года назад

The Thumbnail makes it look like that Saturn 1B has a Falcon 9 side booster!

@jespertrans7132 2 года назад

Take good care of that baby! 😊👍

@myyklmax 2 года назад

KSC....when you place the placard in front of the Falcon-9 booster, remember to state that.... */This F9 booster is fully functional right now. Just fuel it up and she is ready to FLY/*

@GeraudRulz 2 года назад

Crazy thing is the most of the rest of the rockets there are expendable so the fact the reason they are in such pristine condition is because they have never launched and never left the ground. Whilst this booster has been to the edge of space and back twice before retiring.

@nicholasn.2883 2 года назад

HOLY SH*T THAT'S SO DOPE

@thats_my_comment 2 года назад

good job SpaceX I couldn't help but notice the huge F1 engine in the bottom right corner of the last shot those things are absolutely massive it's hard to believe they were built over 50 years ago and completely reliable

@JustWasted3HoursHere 2 года назад

That guy driving the truck is definitely making more than $10 an hour.

@Razgriz-Flight-Spotting 2 года назад

So, that was the worksite in progress in the visitor complex when i went on november 25

@adonistopofmen2571 2 года назад

fantastic .....

@tigergelb6560 2 года назад

In my next life I will qualify for work of an astronaut.

@Thegrizzy321 2 года назад

Blue origin building in the background, while space x is retiring equipment😀

@gate7clamp 2 года назад

I like how it had a side by side comparison to the Saturn 1b and see how far we’ve come in rocket design

@owensmith7530 2 года назад

They knew the Saturn 1b was old even when they were designing it. Some of the tanks are re-used from older rockets, hence the strange large central tank and smaller cluster of tanks around it. It was designed on the cheap and built on the cheap to be quickly and cheaply available to do testing.

@RileyMarkley 2 года назад

Lets go!!!!!!!!

@larainneshack4896 2 года назад

i loved this video

@paulgage7495 2 года назад

I was there on the 4th and had no idea there was a Falcon 9 so close to the garden. This makes me sad I missed it. Next time.

@ducktominh 2 года назад

Seeing Falcon next to Saturn V is so awesome!!!

@stevebollinger3463 2 года назад

That’s a Saturn IB. A Saturn V is much much larger.

@trevorvanbremen4718 2 года назад

Space-X : Throwing away technology that's still leaps and bounds beyond the best from B.O. (Body Odor / Blue Origin?)

@nzdobbs 2 года назад

Don't restore it. Leave her burnt from re-entry. She's the only booster there that's been to space. Let her stand out.

@Chapter3Fan 2 года назад

Seeing it has a F9H nose-cone on top, I was sure they'd place it upright on a recreated landing pad with its legs unfolded .... It would highlight the one newest and best feature the F9 brought us ... I'm confused why they put it inside.

@alexanderkenway 2 года назад

March 2022? Can't wait!

@jebkermin5914 2 года назад

OOH the Merlin engines are still attached =D

@stan110 2 года назад

I really want to visit that place one day

@lukalukic1 2 года назад

I didn't know that it was that much huge! On RU-vid videos of flight and landings looks much more smaller

@chipkiersneyandfriends5934 2 года назад

Amazing! Be there on 17DEC!

@osirisapex7483 2 года назад

Doesn’t open until March

@chipkiersneyandfriends5934 2 года назад

@@osirisapex7483 well duh, I think I can figure that out!

@diegodecosta8984 2 года назад

good job

@p20cwt Год назад

Who composed this brilliant piece of music?

@Xavier-000 2 года назад

I'm thinking that was one of the twins on the falcon heavy as it had the used Top on it. I can't think of the name of it. I don't think it's called a ferrin