SpaceX will try to land its reusable rocket on an ocean dock

SpaceX has announced plans to once again try and land the Falcon 9 rocket at sea, making it the third time it has tried to do so.

The company has made a lot of progress since then, having successfully launching then guiding a rocket back to Earth on December 21, ushering in a new era of reusable rockets. The main objective is to send Jason 3 into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, adding it to a series of sea-observing satellites.

SpaceX is going to keep fast pace of reusable technology development (more about reusable technology You can read here).

Late previous year, SpaceX finally landed its reusable rocket after a trip to space and back.

Well, maybe it’s not completely different: The attempt, scheduled for January 17, follows up on last month’s spectacularly successful first-stage landing in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

In June, SpaceX’s CRS-7 Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship with supplies for the International Space Station exploded just three minutes after it lifted off from Cape Canaveral due to an overpressure in the liquid oxygen tank. 1 isn’t as capable, however, and the company says a sea landing will be much easier for the booster to accomplish. In theory, sticking a landing at Cape Canaveral is easier than touching down softly on a shaky ocean barge. The rocket will come back to a drone ship in the ocean rather than a launch pad. “Yet when it comes to space travel, rockets fly only once-even though the rocket itself represents the majority of launch cost”, SpaceX.com states.

But the appeal of the landing on a barge is not just about making history for SpaceX, it’s also personal.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket booster sits in a Florida hangar after its historic landing. We’ll have an answer very soon.

After two failed attempts at landing on an ocean barge, SpaceX has scheduled another attempt to land its rocket on a floating platform at sea on January 17th.