High Resolution Video Reveals Dramatic SpaceX Falcon Rocket Barge Landing and Launch

“KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A new high resolution video from SpaceX shows just how close the landing attempt of their Falcon 9 first stage on an ocean floating barge came to succeeding following the rockets launch on Tuesday afternoon, April 14, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a resupply run for NASA to the International Space Station (ISS).”

“The SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Dragon cargo vessel blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on April 14, 2015 at 4:10 p.m. EDT (2010:41 GMT) on the CRS-6 mission bound for the space station.”

Successfully landing a rocket on an ocean platform is the next step towards recycling boosters (as opposed to the current one-time-use nature of rocket boosters). If Space X can safely land on an ocean platform, rocket boosters can be flown back to shore and refurbished, significantly reducing the time and materials needed to prepare equipment between launches. Faster turn-around time and significantly lower costs would enable SpaceX and the industry as a whole to send more missions to the International Space Station to deliver supplies.

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