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It's certainly more than a high-five and an autograph.

It's certainly more than a high-five and an autograph.

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A second. then we have that booster. that is what propels the spacecraft into flight, also slows down to five miles an hour on the descent. on the bottom we have the fins here, this is what helps guide, really stabilize during the assent and guideascent and guide on the descent. then we have the landing gear. they're going to deploy when they're ready for touch down. this entire spacecraft, about 60 feet tall. i alluded to the flight. let me give you a good look at what's going to happen mere, minute by minute. as that rocket climbs, people will feel the gravity three times stronger than norma...

Fast and then a slow and smooth landing. the fins stabilizes the booster and helps guide on the way down, and then the landing gear. not every booster has this. that landing gear deployed as they were nearing touchdown. let's talk about the flight path we witnessed. so we knew that when they were going to go up, everybody on board that crew capsule, they were going to feel gravity about three times stronger than normal. they were pinned to their seats. then we saw about three minutes and that's when the booster and crew capsule detached from one another. so once they did detach, they went on t...