SpaceX believes they have “all the necessary pieces” to achieve a full recovery of the booster stage, with the next launch of their Falcon 9 v1.1 set to test another key technology towards that aim, via the debut of landing legs on the aft of the first stage. While there is a low likelihood SpaceX will be able to recover the first stage of the CRS-3 Falcon 9 from the water, the returning booster will attempt to deploy its landing legs during its descent.
SpaceX is expected to take another leap towards the full reusability of their Falcon 9…
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NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the next ISS crew-rotation mission, Crew-10. The 10th operational crewed…
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