SpaceX rocket fails to land on ocean barge; legs damaged upon ‘hard landing’

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Less than a month ago, SpaceX made history when it launched a Falcon 9 rocket up into space and successfully managed to bring the booster back down to earth, landing it safely on a concrete landing pad.

Earlier today, SpaceX was at it again, only this time it was attempting to land a booster on a floating barge - or a 'droneship' as SpaceX calls it - in the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, though, things did not exactly go as planned as one of the booster's landing legs broke upon impact. This marks the third time SpaceX has tried and failed to nail a ocean-based landing.

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