After a successful mission resupplying the International Space Station, one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets crash landed into the sea, the first time this has happened in almost two and a half years. In this video, footage of the crash is analyzed, and the “Everyday Astronaut” explains what went wrong.
Falcon 9 crash landing explained
By Ben Sampson
Ben Sampson
Ben has worked as a journalist and editor, covering technology, engineering and industry for the last 20 years. Initially writing about subjects from nuclear submarines to autonomous cars to future design and manufacturing technologies, he was editor of a leading UK-based engineering magazine before becoming editor of Aerospace Testing in 2017.