Watch SpaceX's Falcon Heavy fairing reentry in surreal footage.
SpaceX has released surreal footage of the reusable rocket fairing reentering Earth's atmosphere at high speed during its recent Falcon Heavy mission, which deployed three payloads including the ViaSat 3 Americas broadband communications satellite. The fairings reentered the atmosphere greater than 15x the speed of sound, creating a large trail of plasma in its wake. SpaceX aims to catch the fairings in giant nets on ships waiting in the ocean for refurbishment and reuse in future rocket flights.