SpaceX's Falcon 9 Reusable Launches and Successfully Lands

American space company SpaceX successfully tested a stage of what they hope will eventually become a reusable rocket, the Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R).   The launch took place over the weekend at the company’s test facility in Texas.   In the video, the rocket rises to an altitude of 250 meters, hovers and then slows and descends to the launch pad. The video was recorded by a drone.   The F9R could become the first stage of the Falcon 9, which is already in use. On Friday a...

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