Sunday, February 8, 2015

SpaceX Set To Launch Sun-Monitoring Observatory Into Deep Space

The mission, which was pushed back from its originally scheduled launch, will give the company another opportunity to attempt to land its reusable rocket on a barge in the ocean.



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The Deep Space Climate Observatory, or DSCOVR, is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX on Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch will also give the commercial space company a chance to try to accurately land its Falcon 9 rocket — a step important to the development of cost-effective reusable rockets.




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