Monday, April 21, 2014

Velocity Alert: Drone Shoots Epic Footage of SpaceX Rocket Launch and Controlled Landing

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Drone Shoots Epic Footage of SpaceX Rocket Launch and Controlled Landing

Elon Musk's space-faring company SpaceX has released the first test footage of its Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) taking off, and making a controlled landing at the company's rocket-development facility in Texas. The epic video gives us a 360-degree aerial view of the feat, thanks to the unique perspective of a camera-equipped drone.

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