SpaceX makes history with vertical landing

Via unexplained-mysteries.com

Elon Musk's private space firm has managed to pull off a vertical rocket landing for the first time. Not to be outdone by Blue Origin's BE-3 rocket which successfully launched a spacecraft before returning to the Earth last month, SpaceX has now taken things one step further by using its own Falcon 9 rocket to launch 11 satellites in to orbit before coming in to land at Cape Canaveral.




The impressive feat, which represents a major leap forward in the development of reusable rockets, follows on from a string of unsuccessful attempts which had set the company back several months.

Reusable rockets are a big thing for private space firms as they have the potential to significantly reduce the cost of each launch and make missions in to space a lot more affordable.

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