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Video: Grasshopper rocket hovers 820 feet in the air.

The 10 story SpaceX Grasshopper rocket is designed to test the technologies needed to return a rocket back to Earth intact. While most rockets are designed to burn up in the atmosphere during reentry, SpaceX’s rockets are being designed to return to the launch pad for a vertical landing.

The test here shows the rocket hovering at 250 metres, while holding against the winds to land perfectly on the same spot it took off. The test was filmed from SpaceX’s own hexacopter.