Booster Engine Land News Today

Earth. eventually going so fast theyll break the sound barrier just as they did going up. they wont likely see the booster engine land a couple of miles from the launch pad. and once they are close enough to earth about 9 minutes after taking off, parachutes will deploy to slow their descent to 15 miles an hour. then a retro thrust system will fire just before touchdown. >> really, by the time the capsule lands, its just at about 1 or 2 miles an hour. >> reporter: it wont be anything like orbita...