These days shots from a flying drone are a dime a dozen - when
engagement shoots are being covered from a hovering photographic
robot you know that the technology is ubiquitous. It's getting
increasingly hard to impress someone with images or video from
drones.   So it's lucky that privately-owned SpaceX happens to
own its own rockets because it gives them the ability to capture
stunning video, like this launch and landing test of the Falcon
9 Reusable (F9R) rocket. Captured with a hexacopter drone at the
company's Texas launch pad, the F9R experimental rocket is
filmed from above as it blasts off, hovers and then safely
lands.   SpaceX is developing a rocket that will be able to land
after launch in order to slash the costs of traditional space
missions. The company will soon move tests to a New Mexico site
where it can operate the F9R with fewer restrictions than it
does in the Texas launch site.   While the F9R hovers at about
250m (820 ft), future tests will go much higher. Hopefully the
drones will be ab