Here’s one giant leap for rocket science: SpaceX, the commercial spaceflight company led by Elon Musk, this week published a video of the latest successful test flight of its reusable rocket concept, called “Grasshopper,” which blasted up to a record 12 stories high (about 130 feet) before landing vertically under its own power back on the launch pad.
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