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SpaceX Launches Dragon to the ISS - 1st Stage Does Not Land Successfully, SpaceRef
"Today's launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 to the International Space Station (ISS) on its fifth commercial resupply (CRS-5) was successful. The Dragon spacecraft is safely in orbit heading towards a Monday rendezvous with the ISS. The SpaceX attempt of landing the first stage on the drone ship was not successful."
Images of damage to the SpaceX Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship. Click for larger images.
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Grid fins worked extremely well from hypersonic velocity to subsonic, but ran out of hydraulic fluid right before landing.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 10, 2015Upcoming flight already has 50% more hydraulic fluid, so should have plenty of margin for landing attempt next month.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 10, 2015Andy Pazstor @WSJ #NASA drops stages in the ocean so as to not hit any ships. SpaceX aims their stages to land on ships. Got that? #Spacex5
— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 11, 2015
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