SpaceX rocket test ends in crash
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: An unmanned Space Exploration Technologies
mission blasted off yesterday carrying cargo for the International Space
Station, but efforts to reland the rocket on a sea platform failed, the
firm said.'Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time,' Elon Musk, founder and chief executive of SpaceX, as the company is called, said on Twitter.
'Bodes well for the future,' he added.
The Dragon cargo capsule itself was successfully launched into space and is expected to dock with the space station tomorrow.
Seeking to cut the cost of space launches, SpaceX hoped to bring the rocket back to Earth, aiming to land it on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean 322km off Jacksonville, Florida, north of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launch site.
A ship stationed near the platform tried to capture the touchdown on video, but it was too dark and foggy, Musk said.
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