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03-05-2016, 04:35 AM
SpaceX misses its rocket landing on a drone ship... again
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SpaceX didn't quite stick the landing Friday.*
After launching a communications satellite toward orbit for SES at 6:35 p.m. ET, Elon Musk's space outfit attempted to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket back on Earth on a drone ship floating out in the Atlantic Ocean.*
It wasn't successful.*
SEE ALSO: Elon Musk shares SpaceX landing on Instagram, proving even failures can be epic (http://mashable.com/2016/01/17/elon-musk-falcon-9-instagram/)
But the attempt was a real rollercoaster. Viewers of the SpaceX livestream on Friday saw what appeared to be the rocket coming in for a landing, in real time, before the video feed cut.
Those watching at SpaceX HQ yelled, sighed in unison and applauded the attempt.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/04/spacex-drone-ship-launch-landing-attempt/)
More about Falcon 9 (http://mashable.com/category/falcon-9/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Rocket Landing (http://mashable.com/category/rocket-landing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Elon Musk (http://mashable.com/category/elon-musk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Spacex (http://mashable.com/category/spacex/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Space (http://mashable.com/space/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/XVABOCEGk9U
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SpaceX didn't quite stick the landing Friday.*
After launching a communications satellite toward orbit for SES at 6:35 p.m. ET, Elon Musk's space outfit attempted to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket back on Earth on a drone ship floating out in the Atlantic Ocean.*
It wasn't successful.*
SEE ALSO: Elon Musk shares SpaceX landing on Instagram, proving even failures can be epic (http://mashable.com/2016/01/17/elon-musk-falcon-9-instagram/)
But the attempt was a real rollercoaster. Viewers of the SpaceX livestream on Friday saw what appeared to be the rocket coming in for a landing, in real time, before the video feed cut.
Those watching at SpaceX HQ yelled, sighed in unison and applauded the attempt.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/04/spacex-drone-ship-launch-landing-attempt/)
More about Falcon 9 (http://mashable.com/category/falcon-9/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Rocket Landing (http://mashable.com/category/rocket-landing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Elon Musk (http://mashable.com/category/elon-musk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Spacex (http://mashable.com/category/spacex/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Space (http://mashable.com/space/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/XVABOCEGk9U