Άλμα στην κατάκτηση του διαστήματος με την πρώτη πετυχημένη «επιστροφή» πυραύλου της SpaceX

Μία νέα σελίδα στις διαστημικές αποστολές άνοιξε και επίσημα η εταιρεία SpaceX του μεγιστάνα Έλον Μασκ πριν από μερικές ώρες, όταν ο πύραυλός της Falcon 9 προσνηώθηκε με επιτυχία σε μία αυτόνομη πλατφόρμα στον Ατλαντικό ωκεανό, αφού πρώτα μετέφερε έξω από τα όρια της κατώτερης ατμόσφαιρας τη διαστημική «φορτηγίδα» Dragon.

US Dragon Spacecraft Blasts Off to ISS, Falcon 9 Rocket Landing Fails

The US spacecraft Dragon with 1.6 tons of supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) was successfully launched Saturday from Cape Canaveral in Florida, NASA said on its website.

The Dragon spacecraft was brought into the orbit by the Falcon 9 carrier-rocket. After completing the task, the first stage of the carrier-rocket was expected to land on a huge platform installed in the ocean off the coast of Florida.
According to US media reports, Falcon 9 crashed into the platform and broke into pieces, making it impossible to use the rocket in the future.

• The first stage of SpaceX's Flacon 9 rocket failed to make a soft landing at the ocean platform after separating from the spacecraft Dragon, chief executive of SpaceX private developer said Saturday.

"Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho. Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced," Elon Musk said via Twitter.
Musk earlier stated that in case of successful landing, his company would be able to use the rocket's booster stage multiple times, which would change the economics of space flights completely.....................http://sputniknews.com/science/20150110/1016737710.html
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