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Check out this amazing clip of a SpaceX rocket returning home in under 150 characters

SpaceX has released rare footage of one of its Falcon 9 boosters returning to land autonomously after launch. Typically, videos of the vehicle returning to Earth come from fixed cameras placed on the Rocket or close to the Landing spot. However, this video shows a camera tracking the booster during its final 40 seconds of descent, with the booster landing perfectly upright after its landing legs deploy just before it touches down. The flight occurred on May 21, during which the booster powered an all-private Ax-2 crew toward the International Space Station after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX is designed to be reusable, helping engineers refurbish boosters and reduce mission costs, and it also cleans up the Dragon and Crew Dragon spacecraft and fairing after deployment to enable additional flights. Although most of SpaceX’s rocket landings are now performed flawlessly, there is still the occasional mishap. Its last failed landing was due to an engine issue earlier this year.



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