Many of us watched the Apollo launches and wondere...  ...chucked into the sea as the spaceships shed their rocket stages. It couldn’t be helped, the fuel was...  ...verything has changed. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space last night from Cape Canaveral, Florid...  ...l, Florida, and then recove...

[http://youtu.be/2Ivr6JF1K-8] (YouTube link)SpaceX...  ...cts from a movie. The demonstration proves that a rocket can land intact.On Thursday, March 7, 2013, Space...  ...feet), hovering for approximately 34 seconds and landing safely using closed loop thrust vector and thrott...  ...f the vehicle was greater t...