Space X Launches, Lands, But Topples
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The good news is SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched an ocean-observing satellite into orbit Sunday, reports Defense News. And almost another soft landing, on the target drone ship, but it appeared a leg gave way as the rocket’s first stage tipped over and exploded.
Oil prices slide to 2003 levels as sanctions lift and Iran returns to the market, reports Reuters.
Debris “consistent” with the CH-53 helicopters that crashed with 12 Marines aboard is found, reports International Business Times. Weather and a laser pointer interfere with the Coast Guard‘s search for missing marines, reports Military.com. A laser pointer from shore targeted the cockpit of a Coast Guard C-130 jet during a search-and-rescue flight, forcing the aircraft to leave its search pattern.
The United States Geological Survey reports a small earthquake near the Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia border Sunday afternoon, according to NBC.
Service members and their families can get free tax consultants and tax filing software through Military OneSource, reports Defense.gov.
Response remains muted to a partial retirement plan developed by Congress in 2012 allowing some federal employees to work part-time in a gradual retirement, to help agencies manage their workforce needs. So far only 31 people have taken advantage of the benefit, reports GovExec.
The commanding officer says USS Zumwalt performed well on its sea trials, reports Seapower Magazine on the Navy’s new guided-missile destroyer.
