SpaceX will try to double its recent run of success in catching falling payload fairings. The company will soon start employing a second net-equipped boat during orbital launches, in an attempt to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. SpaceX just plucked another payload fairing out of the sky, and you can see video of the dramatic ...

Elon Musk wanted to recycle the nose cone from the latest launch, so he sent a boat named Mr. Steven with a "catcher's mitt" to try to snag it. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric ...

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After SpaceX successfully blasted three satellites into space early Thursday morning, the company tried to catch the Falcon 9 rocket's expensive nosecone, also known as a fairing, on a ship in the ...

Launching things into space is cost-prohibitive, to say the least. It's a hurdle Elon Musk identified years ago and has served as the basis for his private space company, SpaceX. Musk's idea is pretty ...

The catch was the second ever for GO Ms. Tree. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. GO Ms. Tree now has two epic catches on her resume ...