View Spacex Reusable Rocket Landing Pictures. Elon musk thinks recycling rockets could revolutionize space exploration by making it much, much cheaper. Spacex's falcon 9 is the workhorse of the commercial rocket fleet that has been launching supplies to the space station under nasa contract.

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One ended in flames, and the other culminated in a water splashdown.

Its falcon 9 rocket on monday night made a perfect touchdown at cape canaveral, florida, marking the first time for elon musk and his the triumph is a major step forward for spacex's ambition to develop reusable and reliable rocket technology aimed at drastically reducing the cost. Spacex rocket launches after long delays. Reusability is the critical breakthrough needed in rocketry to take things to the next level, musk said at the mit aeroastro centennial symposium in october. The falcon 9 has made three journeys to the space.