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Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon rocket is forced to make emergency sea landing after successfully blasting Dragon cargo ship to the international Space Station
The rocket span out of control and it approached the landing site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Rocket was due to land Instead made a controlled sea landing - and SpaceX claims is can still be reused
Elon Musk said a 'Grid fin hydraulic pump stalled, so Falcon landed just out to sea'
Rocket had already delivered Dragon cargo ship into space, which is on its way to the ISS
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A SpaceX Falcon rocket has been forced to land in the Atlantic ocean after problems during an attempt to land at Cape Canaveral.
Elon Musk's space firm said the mission did blast off its unmanned Dragon cargo ship, loaded with supplies, science experiments and food for the astronauts living at the International Space Station.
However, the launch was marred by a system failure on the rocket which caused it to land in the sea, instead of on land at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, as planned.
SpaceX quickly cut the live feed from the rocket as it began to spin out of control.
Moments later, it said 'It appears stage 1 has made a water landing off the coast of Cape Canaveral.'
Elon Musk later posted footage of the incident, saying 'Engines stabilized rocket spin just in time, enabling an intact landing in water! Ships en route to rescue Falcon.'
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WHAT WENT WRONG?
One of the grid fins the rocket uses to stabilize istself and control direction failed, it is believed.
The finds are controlled by hydraulic pumps, one of which failed.
The rocket is believed to have come down two miles off the Florida coast.
Elon Musk tweeted 'Grid fin hydraulic pump stalled, so Falcon landed just out to sea.'
'Appears to be undamaged & is transmitting data.
'Recovery ship dispatched.'
He later added that the rocket appeared in good shape, and could be reused on a future mission.
Wednesday's Falcon rocket was brand new, while the Dragon cargo carrier was recycled by SpaceX.
The capsule should reach the 250-mile-high outpost Saturday; it also visited in 2017.
The mission had been a complete success until the aborted landing.
'We have had a great liftoff,' said SpaceX commentator John Insprucker, as the Falcon 9 rocket soared into the sunny, blue sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:16 pm (1816 GMT), carrying 5,600 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of gear.
A SpaceX commentator later called it a 'bummer,' but noted it was secondary to the main mission of getting the Dragon capsule to orbit.
It was the first missed landing at Cape Canaveral.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6464449/SpaceX-launches-cargo-space-station.html