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SpaceX Falcon 9 Has First Successful Barge Landing

posted by takyon on Saturday April 09 2016, @10:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the touchdown dept.

FrogBlast writes:

SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster for the Dragon spacecraft has successfully landed on a barge for the first time. The experimental landing was not the primary goal of the mission, which is taking supplies and experiments (including the Bigelow inflatable module) to the International Space Station. Ars Technica covered the launch, and a live stream was available on YouTube.

Ars Technica . YouTube Stream. Ars Technica's story about the Bigelow module, for the curious.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by SDRefugee on Saturday April 09 2016, @01:26PM

    by SDRefugee (4477) on Saturday April 09 2016, @01:26PM (#329378)

    Umm.. The headline of the article "SpaceX Dragon Has First Successful Barge Landing" is *WRONG*

    The Dragon is currently doing a chase in orbit to catch up to ISS early Sunday.. The Falcon9 first stage is what made its first successful barge landing... Are the editors here as bad as the ones on the "green site"??? geez I sure hope NOT!!! cuz THIS is the kind of mistake that happens over there ALL THE TIME...

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  • (Score: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 09 2016, @04:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 09 2016, @04:33PM (#329427)

    Hey, look the headline says: "SpaceX Has First Successful Barge Landing"

    And the first line of TFS: "The first stage of the SpaceX Dragon has successfully landed on a barge for the first time."

    You might want to check your ping. If there's enough lag our games could be desynchronizing.

    • (Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Sunday April 10 2016, @01:02AM

      by nitehawk214 (1304) on Sunday April 10 2016, @01:02AM (#329520)

      That would still be wrong. Dragon is not a rocket and does not have a first stage. Falcon 9 does.

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  • (Score: 2) by n1 on Saturday April 09 2016, @05:46PM

    by n1 (993) on Saturday April 09 2016, @05:46PM (#329435) Journal

    I have updated the summary and headline to hopefully clarify the situation.