Saturday, January 10, 2015

SpaceX comes close, but fails to land rocket on ocean platform

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SpaceX's attempt to land the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket on a floating ocean platform Saturday was unsuccessful, the company has announced


The rocket, which carries supplies for the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, has been launched successfully from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 4:47 a.m. ET Saturday



The rocket is consisted of two stages: The first stage launches the rocket into space, and then separates from the second stage, which then ignites and delivers the Dragon capsule to the desired orbit. During this mission, the first stage was supposed to come back to Earth gently, by landing on an ocean platform, a feat no one has attempted before Read more...


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