Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Legs For Falcon 9

The next launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will feature landing legs attached to the first stage.

The rocket won't soft land after doing its main job, but the plan is for future rockets to do so, allowing them to be re-used and thus cutting the cost of space operations.  The next launch will test the flight characteristics of the rocket with legs.

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