Some stunning footage and photos of the feat have already hit the Web – SpaceX posted a video (above) shot from a helicopter showing a close-up view of the perfect landing, while SpaceX CEOElon Musk tweeteda stunning long-exposure shot (below) showing the Falcon 9’s round trip. Space...
Video released today by SpaceX confirms the landing legs deployed successfully on the Falcon 9’s first stage booster, paving the way for future vertical soft touchdowns on land. SpaceX’s next-generation Falcon 9 rocket was tested following the launch of theCRS-3 mission for the Dragon space...
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Elon Musk, SpaceX's founder and CEO, agreed. "Big step towards making life multiplanetary was made today," he wrote on X (formerly Twitter) after the landing. A giant moon and Mars rocket Image 1 of 3 SpaceX's Starship Flight 5 rocket and booster lift off from Starbase.(Image credit...
World first landing for SpaceX A SpaceX booster rocket has returned to Earth and been caught by giant robotic arms. ShareThis is a modal window. Video UnavailableA SpaceX booster rocket has returned to Earth and been caught by giant robotic arms....
An amazing new video lets viewers ride along with the SpaceX rocket that landed on a ship at sea last week.
The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket comes down for a landing on a ship at sea on Sept. 20, 2024 (left) while the rocket's upper stage carries 20 Starlink internet satellites to orbit (right). (Image credit: SpaceX) It was the 13th launch and landing for this particular boo...
The first stage of that Falcon 9 then came back to Earth for a science fiction-looking landing at a pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Via Giphy This marks the fifth time SpaceX has landed a booster back at this pad after launching to space, and the eleventh time it has landed a boos...
SpaceX’s futuristic Starship looked like it aced a touchdown Wednesday, but then exploded on the landing pad with so much force that it was hurled into the air. The failure occurred just minutes after SpaceX declared success. Two previous test flights crash-landed in fireballs. ...
Los Angeles (UPI) Jul 25, 2013 - Aerospace company SpaceX has released a video of its attempt to return part of its Falcon 9 rocket to Earth. It's what SpaceX engineers call a soft landing, though soft in this case is a relative term.