SpaceX rocket nearly sticks landing before tipping and exploding – video
by Guardian Staff from on (#74WW)
An unmanned SpaceX rocket blasted off from Florida on Tuesday but failed to land on a platform floating in the Atlantic Ocean. The 208-foot (63-meter) Falcon 9 rocket, carrying a Dragon capsule, thundered off its seaside launchpad at Cape Canaveral air force station to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station. The rocket made a hard but survivable landing on the return platform, but teetered and ultimately fell over Continue reading...