falcon 9
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SpaceX’s Rocket Didn’t Quite Stick Its Barge Landing, But The Satellite Is Good!
It’s a mostly-good day for SpaceX. They succeeded in their primary mission, delivering the Jason-3 oceanographic satellite into orbit. Their secondary objective was less successful: the Falcon 9 first stage rocket reached the bard, but crashed on landing.
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Despite Landing In Once Piece, SpaceX’s Reusable Rocket Won’t Fly Again
Yesterday, SpaceX successfully sent a first-stage booster to space, and then landed it vertically minutes later. It’s a proof of concept that is supposed to make space cheaper by reusing components, but this booster is destined to never fly again.
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SpaceX Still Doesn’t Know Why Its Falcon 9 Rocket Blew Up
On Sunday, Elon Musk’s SpaceX saw another rocket explode — this time only minutes after launch. And following what must have been a fun night of review for the SpaceX team, the verdict on what went wrong is in: They don’t have a clue.
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Watch SpaceX Try To Land A Rocket On A Drone Ship [Update: It’s A No-Go]
Third time’s a charm. After one near miss resulting in a disastrous but honestly pretty cool explosion and another delay from some gusty winds, SpaceX is going to try to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a remote drone ship beginning at 4.33pm EDT (6.33am AEST).