SpaceX Lands Another Rocket, Supplies International Space Station
This morning SpaceX celebrated the successful launch—and landing—of its Falcon main stage, providing supplies to the International Space Station.
1 hour from launch of Falcon 9 & Dragon to @Space_Station. Rocket & weather are go. Launch at 12:45am ET, 4:45am UTC pic.twitter.com/kB2QDsWr1q
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 18, 2016
The private space venture, founded by Elon Musk of Tesla Motors fame, saw its rocket also successfully return to Florida, rather than needing to be dropped onto a barge in the Atlantic ocean.
60 seconds until launch → https://t.co/tdni53IviI pic.twitter.com/HnOiikAM5C
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 18, 2016
SpaceX has now returned five boosters from space. With any luck, the company may be able to re-use some of these boosters for future launches.
Dragon on its way to @Space_Station, Falcon on its way home pic.twitter.com/EpfUKBmoWi
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 18, 2016
Just five years old, SpaceX sent the first privately owned spacecraft to the International Space Station, won a multi-billion-dollar contract from NASA, and plans to put a man on Mars.
