SpaceX's Grasshopper Rises and Lands 250m in Vertical Take-off and Landing Test
| SpaceX has released a video showing their Grasshopper rocket flying up 250 meters, before returning to the launchpad in a sucessful test flight of their Vertical Takeoff and Landing technology. |
Grasshopper is a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle that SpaceX has designed to test the technologies needed to return a rocket back to Earth intact.
While most rockets are designed to burn up in the atmosphere during reentry, SpaceX's rockets are being designed to return to the launch pad for a vertical landing.
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