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SpaceX Make it Two in a Row!
It’s nothing new that SpaceX can land rockets, they’ve done it before both on land and at sea. Today they took those ambitions one step further, with part of the JCSAT-14 launch mission involving an experimental sea landing with the Falcon 9 rocket travelling at far higher velocities than previous…
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SpaceX Releases 360-Degree Video of Falcon 9 Landing
SpaceX has always been keen to publicise their rocket landing attempts, with space fans being able to watch them live, in high-resolution and after the event peruse galleries of the landing from almost every angle. Now SpaceX has released a full 360-degree video of the Falcon 9 rocket landing on…
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SpaceX Planning Ambitious Next Rocket Landing
SpaceX is a company that is never satisfied with what they have already achieved and are always wishing to push their accomplishments one step further. Already managing to successfully land their Falcon 9 rockets on land and at sea, SpaceX now plans to push their sea landing capabilities one step…
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Elon Musk Says Sea Landed Falcon 9 Could Relaunch Soon
The Falcon 9 rocket that SpaceX successfully landed at sea yesterday could be the first of its kind to be relaunched into space revealed Elon Musk at a press conference held by NASA. The first rocket that was landed successfully back in December was kept in storage instead of reused…
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SpaceX Successfully Land Falcon 9 Rocket on Drone Ship
After a number of tries, SpaceX has finally achieved their goal of landing a Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage on one of their drone ships at sea. The landing took place following the launch that marked the first ISS supply mission undertaken by SpaceX since the accident last year, which…
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Blue Origin’s New Shepherd Rocket Succeeds in Third Landing
The race for reusable spacecraft is on, and the forerunners of this contest are SpaceX and Blue Origin. SpaceX may have landed their rocket from a far higher altitude, but have never achieved (or attempted) a repeat performance. Meanwhile, Blue Origin’s New Shepherd spacecraft has completed its third takeoff and…
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SpaceX Rocket’s Sea Landing Fails – Again
Once again, another successful launch by SpaceX, and sadly, another failure to land their Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, said that the Falcon 9 rocket had “landed hard on the droneship.” SpaceX had expected this landing would likely fail due to…
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Falcon 9 Sea Landing Meets an Explosive End
It was the first Falcon 9 launch by SpaceX of 2016, as well as the first since their successful rocket landing. It may have been a different rocket than the one that made the previous landing, but nonetheless, SpaceX planned to land this one too. The rocket wasn’t the only…
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Sea Landing Planned for Next SpaceX Rocket Launch
After making their historic rocket landing last year, SpaceX is planning to accomplish another historic feat with a spacecraft, landing it on a platform at sea. It’s something SpaceX have tried twice before in 2015 and failed both times, but undeterred by this, SpaceX must wish to put their record…
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