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VIDEO: SpaceX Rocket Completes 250M Vertical Take Off And Landing

by Igor Bobic

04.23.13 | 11:34 am

Screenshot of video of SpaceX's third publicly posted test flight in December 2012 of its prototype Grasshopper reusable rocket design, which reached 12 stories (about 130 feet) in this test before successfully landi... Screenshot of video of SpaceX's third publicly posted test flight in December 2012 of its prototype Grasshopper reusable rocket design, which reached 12 stories (about 130 feet) in this test before successfully landing vertically. MORE LESS

In its fifth test on Tuesday, SpaceX’s “Grasshopper” rocket successfully completed a 250 meter vertical take off followed by a vetical landing, “hopping” into the air in hopes of building a reusable rocket system in the future.

On Twitter, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said it held up against “wind” and “lands” from its site in McGregor, Texas.

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Igor Bobic Igor Bobic is the assistant editor of Talking Points Memo, helping oversee the site's coverage of politics and policy in Washington. While originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Igor feels best at home on the beaches of Southern California. He can be reached at igor@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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