Last week, SpaceX attempted the unprecedented return the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocketafter a successful launch of the Dragon cargo vehicle to the International Space Station. The rocket landing attempt was not successful, however; it hit the company’s unmanned landing platform in the Atlantic Ocean and exploded. But the fact that it made contact with the small platform at all suggests that Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company is on the right track.
SpaceX Releases Dramatic Video of Crashing Rocket
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