"While disappointing to lose a rocket after a successful mission, the team will use the data to make Falcon even more ...

"While disappointing to lose a rocket after a successful mission, the team will use the data to make Falcon even more reliable on ascent and landing," SpaceX said in a statement on their website.

The SpaceX live video showed this footage for a few seconds after the 9:30 p.m. landing on Just Read the Instructions drone ship before cutting back to the animation of the rocket's second stage ...