SpaceX Seeks to Defy Odds With Ocean-Platform Rocket LandingSpaceX next week will try for the first time to land the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket on a custom-built ocean platform in the Atlantic Ocean. The experiment originally was scheduled to take place in mid-December but was postponed to Jan. 6.The Falcon 9 first stage is some 14 stories tall and will be traveling at a speed of nearly a mile per second.
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SpaceX Seeks to Defy Odds With Ocean-Platform Rocket Landing