Demo-2 booster returns home: Falcon 9 with four legs folded in, supported solely by the octagrabber on the deck of "Of Course I Still Love You." Trevor Mahlmann Falcon 9 B1058, the first to launch Crew to the International Space Station, arrives just 3 days later in Port Canaveral on the droneship "Of Course I Still Love You." Trevor Mahlmann Close-up of the octagrabber holding on to the base of the Falcon 9 vehicle as crews work to prepare to raise the vehicle and move it to horizontal for transport to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station / Kennedy Space Center for post-launch processing. Trevor Mahlmann Straight on view of B1058 arriving in Port Canaveral, just 3 days after launching NASA Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the ISS. Trevor Mahlmann Rainy day at Port Canaveral. Earlier in the day, crews worked to perform leg raise and lower the rocket to horizontal for transport back towards the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station./ Kennedy Space Center for processing. Trevor Mahlmann Falcon 9 B1058 with all four landing legs lifted alongside the vehicle and standing solely on the octagrabber (no crane attached at the top). This is the first time SpaceX has performed this. Usually it is done on a stand on land, not directly on the droneship "Of Course I Still Love You." Trevor Mahlmann Falcon 9 with four legs folded in, supported solely by the octagrabber on the deck of "Of Course I Still Love You." Trevor Mahlmann NASA worm. That is all. Trevor Mahlmann
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