Falcon Heavy center core droneship
The center core of the Falcon Heavy that launched April 11 landed successfully on a droneship in the Atlantic, only to topple over later in heavy seas.

The center core of the Falcon Heavy rocket that launched a communications satellite April 11 fell over after landing in rough seas, but SpaceX said the mishap won’t affect upcoming launches.

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Jeff Foust has more than a decade of experience writing about space policy, entrepreneurial ventures and regulatory affairs. In 2001, he established spacetoday.net to aggregate and summarize the day's space-related news stories. In 2003, he started The...