SpaceX Falcon heavy core rocket lost after rocking into the ocean

On the second flight of the Falcon Heavy last Thursday, SpaceX went into history. For the first time, he nailed the landing of the three rocket boosters, including the central core, which has positioned itself calmly on the sailing ship Of course, I still love you in the Atlantic Ocean.

However, the trip back to the core was a little more brutal than expected. The center rocked en route due to "waves of 8 to 10 feet" and was eventually lost to the Atlantic, according to a report from The Verge.

"Because of the rough seas, SpaceX's recovery team has not been able to secure the recall of the center for its return to Port Canaveral." The space flight company of Elon Musk told The Verge. "The safety of our team always takes precedence."

The central core of the Falcon Heavy is a modified version of the nine-engine Falcon 9 booster. When a Falcon 9 lands on the drone ship, it is attached and stabilized by a device called "octagrabber" that hooks to the rocket to keep it upright. The core of Falcon Heavy does not have the same configuration, so it could not be nailed. A satirical Twitter account set up for the octagrabber jokingly remarked that he had "nothing to do" with the loss.

The SpaceX drones are currently on their way home from the Atlantic.

SpaceX does not expect future missions to be affected by kernel loss. Falcon Heavy is expected to take over the plane later this year, carrying payloads for the Department of Defense, NASA and the Planetary Society.

SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment.