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Reusable Falcon 9 rocket stage failed to successfully land. About this in his Twitter account said the head of Space X Elon Musk. According to him, the landing was too tight, so that the machine is preserved. Musk said that the stage was overturned after planting. Video landing will be published in a few days.
Earlier it was reported that the Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral to bring comic truck Dragon in orbit. It will deliver to the ISS for about 2 tons of cargo, including equipment for scientific experiments.
In SpaceX are developing reusable rocket, it is necessary that the first stage of the Falcon 9 to return to Earth.
The first attempt was made in January. The unit had to return to the floating platform, which was the official name of autonomous unmanned vessel-cosmodrome. Falcon returned almost intact, but it was not enough hydraulic fluid for steering maneuver, and she ran into the platform.
Musk posted to your profile picture on Twitter, which is seen as a rocket can not align and lands under 45 -gradusnym angle. Beat in the collision destroyed the landing platform rack and broke compartment with engines, resulting in a fire residual fuel.
Even before the launch of the probability of a successful landing stage is estimated at 50%, however in SpaceX promised to continue similar experiments. If successful, confident Musk, SpaceX will be able to use multiple booster that will radically change the cost of space missions.
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