# Falcon 9 Flight 13 infrared video of first stage propulsive descent

NASA's WB-57 aircraft captured thermal images of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Flight 13 rocket on its descent after it launched in September 2014 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The data from these thermal images may provide critical engineering information for future missions to the surface of Mars.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2014
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: NASAgovVideo
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falcon_9_Flight_13_infrared_video_of_first_stage_propulsive_descent.ogv)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASAgovVideo
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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