Not exact matches
SpaceX has also been testing a reusable booster for its current Falcon 9
rocket, and has made
several unsuccessful attempts to
land the booster stage on a drone ship this year.
Now their multi-pronged plan calls for the robotic spacecraft Chang» e 5 to launch in the second half of 2017 atop a Long March - 5
rocket,
land on the moon and collect
several pounds of lunar samples, then hurl the specimens back to Earth.
After
several failed attempts, SpaceX made a historic
rocket landing in the middle of the ocean that could mean huge savings for commercial space travel.