The latest attempt by SpaceX to recover one of its rockets by landing it on a platform in the ocean failed in a ball of fire on Sunday. Shortly before 11 a.m. on Sunday, SpaceX launched one of its two-stage Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The second stage of the rocket separated and successfully carried an ocean-monitoring satellite, Jason-3, into low-earth orbit.
The first stage then reversed direction and returned to earth. It appeared to descend on target atop the floating barge in the Pacific, but a problem with one of its four legs sent it toppling over. “Root cause may have been ice buildup due to condensation from heavy fog at liftoff,” Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX, said on Instagram.
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