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LESSON 4 · Humanity's Journey to Space

PAUSE TO THINK

Where do many Falcon 9 boosters land?

On an autonomous droneship at sea

For missions that use too much fuel to return to the launch site, the first stage steers itself down onto a robotic ocean platform, guiding a tall, slender rocket onto a moving deck with no crew aboard.

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