Sunday, February 19, 2017

SpaceX sticks daytime rocket landing back on Earth after launch to space

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There may come a time when SpaceX landing a rocket stage back on Earth after flying to space isn't news — when we can simply take these science-fiction looking landings for granted and brush them off as no big deal.

But today is not that day. 

The Elon Musk-founded spaceflight company stuck yet another beautiful landing of the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket after launching an uncrewed Dragon spacecraft toward the International Space Station. The Dragon spacecraft was loaded down with thousands of supplies for NASA. 

The booster set down gently on a pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida about 8 minutes after its 9:39 a.m. ET launch.  Read more...

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