Article 111EG SpaceX rocket explodes while trying to land on drone ship

SpaceX rocket explodes while trying to land on drone ship

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Alex Hern
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Re-usable space rocket owned by Elon Musk experiences another 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' crash while trying to land

Elon Musk's SpaceX has experienced another example of "rapid unscheduled disassembly" - which is Musk jargon for "my rocket exploded".

The spaceflight company has been testing a re-usable version of its Falcon 9 rocket, the sub-orbital rocket which it uses, among other things, to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (it started in 2012, making it the first private company to visit the ISS).

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