This SpaceX Rocket Launch And Landing Footage Is Unsettlingly Close

This SpaceX Rocket Launch And Landing Footage Is Unsettlingly Close

Video: Usually we see rocket launches from far, far away, but SpaceX just released a compilation of extremely close-up camera views from their recent rocket launches and landings that is maybe a little too close for comfort.

The video features high speed footage from the company’s recent Falcon 9 launches in December of last year as well as more recent ones from May and July of this year. In addition to the incredibly near shots of the rockets as they launch and land, one of the best and most unusual parts of the video is seeing the flames as they burn from below, like so:

This SpaceX Rocket Launch And Landing Footage Is Unsettlingly Close
This SpaceX Rocket Launch And Landing Footage Is Unsettlingly Close

You can watch the whole thing right here:


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