SpaceX Rocket’s Incredible Vertical Takeoff and Vertical Landing

Posted in       23 Apr 2013       5561       1 GALLERY VIEW

What is interesting here is that while most rockets are designed to burn up in the atmosphere during reentry, SpaceX's rockets are being designed to return to the launch pad for a vertical landing and intact.
SpaceX's Grasshopper flied up to 820 feet (250m) and returned safely to its launch pad, vertically.
 


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lordfly911 11 year s ago
Not to be picky, but it is 'flew', not 'flied'.
       
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