SpaceX launches Falcon 9, crash lands on drone ship

SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space Friday, The Verge reports. The landing on a floating drone ship in the ocean failed for the fourth time.

(SpaceX/Flickr)

This go-around, the company said the odds for a successful landing were low, due to the fuel needed to complete the mission of launching a heavy satellite into high orbit.

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Musk said the company's next flight has a "good chance" of landing successfully.