SpaceX released new footage of Saturday’s Falcon 9 rocket failed landing, which ended in a fiery explosion that rocked the Atlantic Ocean.
The rocket launched Saturday, Jan. 10, and delivered over 5,000 pounds of cargo to the ISS. After it completed this stage of its mission, the rocket was supposed to land on a platform sitting atop an “” 200 miles off the Florida coast, NBC reported. The attempted landing was unsuccessful.
Going into the flight, SpaceX acknowledged in a press release the odds of a successful landing were “”
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The intense explosion tears the rocket to pieces in what is nothing short of anincredible moment. The drone ship escaped relatively unscathed. No injuries were reported.
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