SpaceX Rocket Misses Barge Landing After Successful Launch
SpaceX Falcon Rocket Misses Barge Landing
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Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched an unmanned Falcon 9 on a resupply mission to the International Space Station but narrowly missed a second attempt to recover the rocket’s first stage.
The rocket, carrying its Dragon cargo spacecraft and 4,300 pounds (1,950 kilograms) of supplies and payloads, rumbled aloft at 4:10 p.m. New York time Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida.