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Main Engine Cuts Off, Falcon 9 First Stage Separates

CRS-23 launch from Kennedy Space Center

The Falcon 9 rocket’s nine Merlin engines have finished their burn, and the first stage has separated from the rocket. As the second stage continues carrying Dragon on its flight, the rocket’s first stage will attempt a targeted landing on the drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas.” That’s coming up in just about six minutes.