Wednesday 26 June 2019

SpaceX caught the nose cone of its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in the net of a boat

SpaceX caught the nose cone of its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in the net of a boat

SpaceX caught the half of the fairing, or nose cone, of its Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday, passing another milestone as the company seeks to consistently reuse an expensive part of its rocket. Stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, high speed boat “Ms. Tree” caught the fairing half in a net strung up above the boat’s deck, CEO Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet. The fairing is the bulbous nose cone on top of the rocket.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/25/spacex-caught-falcon-heavy-rocket-nose-cone-in-net-of-high-speed-boat.html?source=Snapzu

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