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hej | 13 years ago

No, it did not. Falcon 9 (the rocket) was – more specifically, the second stage – Dragon (the spaceship) was not. That’s not exactly rocket science but people still get it wrong all the time. (During the post-launch press conference a journalist asking questions about it got it wrong.)

What this means is that the remains were put into orbit around the Earth but they will re-enter the atmosphere and burn up. (I was actually looking around when the second stage will do that or whether it already did but couldn't find anything.)

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