Musk is very thrilled about hearing this news. Up until now, the first stage of rockets disintegrated and landed into the ocean. The tall, white portion of the rocket glided back to Earth, its engines burning bright orange against a black night sky. The first stage of the rocket appeared to settle down firmly and stick the landing. The landing itself looked like a scene from a movie. About two minutes into the flight, the rocket’s first-stage separated cleanly from the second stage and began a controlled descent back to Earth. “The Falcon first stage landing is confirmed”, SpaceX wrote on Twitter.
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Christmas Wildfire Destroys 53 Houses in Australia
Mr West said the weather over the next few days was expected to be favourable for firefighting, with rain and lower temperatures. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) confirmed 35 homes had been lost in Wye River , and 18 at Separation Creek on Friday.
SpaceX’s rocket deployed 11 satellites for telecommunications company ORBCOMM of Fort Lee, N.J. after lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The rocket was carrying $110 million worth of supplies for NASA to the International Space Station. “Congratulations @SpaceX on your successful vertical landing of the first stage back on Earth!”
France Weighs Constitution Change After Terror Attacks
More than 3,000 raids have taken place since the November 13 attacks in Paris , leading to 360 house arrests and 51 people jailed. Any constitutional amendment must have the approval of three fifths of the Congress of both houses, or a referendum vote.
One response to Bezos’ tweet included a meme which showed the Miss Universe crown being taken off of Miss Colombia, who was wearing a virtual sash that said Blue Origin, and given to Miss Philippines, who was now wearing a sash reading SpaceX.
Leaks could spell the end for NASA’s InSight mission
Earlier this month, NASA and CNES officials made an announcement that vacuum container of SEIS was leaking. Budgetary limits may factor into a pending decision on whether NASA will proceed with the program.
Those savings could be passed on to the companies hitching rides on those rockets, like those making weather and communications satellites – if it doesn’t cost too much to get the rockets up and running again.
Monday night’s launch is thought to be a significant step toward achieving re-usability on rockets, which would lower launch costs that could eventually lead to a commercial space industry. But, Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX is more complex than Blue Origin’s rocket as it’s created to go higher in space.
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The SpaceX rocket that landed Monday successfully launched satellites into orbit. But SpaceX has insisted that each attempt has helped engineers come closer to perfecting the technique.
