SpaceX Falcon Heavy core rocket lost after toppling into the ocean
https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-falcon-heavy-core-rocket-lost-after-toppling-into-the-ocean/
The Falcon Heavy's center core is a modified version of the nine-engine Falcon 9 booster rocket. When a Falcon 9 lands on the droneship, it's attached and stabilized by a device known as the 'octagrabber' that grabs on to the rocket to keep it upright. Falcon Heavy's core doesn't have the same setup so it could not be nailed down. A satirical Twitter account set up for the Octagrabber jokingly remarked it had "nothing to do" with the loss.
The SpaceX droneship is currently on its way back from the Atlantic.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy core rocket lost after toppling into the ocean
Apr 16, 2019, 2:23am UTC
https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-falcon-heavy-core-rocket-lost-after-toppling-into-the-ocean/
> The Falcon Heavy's center core is a modified version of the nine-engine Falcon 9 booster rocket. When a Falcon 9 lands on the droneship, it's attached and stabilized by a device known as the 'octagrabber' that grabs on to the rocket to keep it upright. Falcon Heavy's core doesn't have the same setup so it could not be nailed down. A satirical Twitter account set up for the Octagrabber jokingly remarked it had "nothing to do" with the loss.
> The SpaceX droneship is currently on its way back from the Atlantic.