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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket to Attempt Daring Ocean Platform Landing after Dec. 19 Launch
SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage rocket will attempt precison landing on this autonomous spaceport drone ship soon after launch set for Dec. 19, 2014 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Credit: SpaceX/Elon Musk
In a key test of rocket reusability, SpaceX will attempt a daring landing of their Falcon 9 first stage rocket on an ocean platform known as the “autonomous spaceport drone ship” following the planned Friday, Dec. 19, blastoff on a high stakes mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon cargo freighter is lasted to liftoff on its next unmanned cargo run dubbed CRS-5 to the ISS under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract.(…)
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Post tags: commercial resupply services (CRS), Commercial Space, CRS, CRS-5, Dragon capsule, Elon Musk, falcon 9 recovery, Falcon 9 v.1.1, ISS, SpaceX, SpaceX CRS-5
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/117354/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-to-attempt-daring-ocean-platform-landing-after-dec-19-launch/
