On June 14,2013 SpaceX's Grasshopper flew 325 m (1066 feet)--higher than Manhattan's Chrysler Building--before smoothly landing back on the pad. For the first time in this test, Grasshopper made use of its full navigation sensor suite with the F9-R closed loop control flight algorithms to accomplish...

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Africa Rural Connect is an online collaboration space to bring together people who have lived or worked in Africa to discuss innovative solutions to improve the lives of African farmers.