WATCH: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket makes journey back to Earth with flawless landing
SpaceX successfully completed the first re-flight of a Dragon capsule as part of the CRS-11 International Space Station (ISS) resupply mission. It landed the rocket’s first-stage booster back on Earth respectively.
On June 3, the company launched a reused Dragon capsule for the first time, on a cargo mission for NASA. It is estimated to carry nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies and payloads to the International Space Station. However, it was originally planned to launch on June 1 but was delayed due to lightning in the area.
It’s starting to feel kinda normal to reuse rockets. Good. That’s how it is for cars & airplanes and how it should be for rockets.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 4, 2017
The flight also marks the 100th launch from the Kennedy Space Center’s historic LC-39A launch pad. Co-incidentally, the same pad was also used to launch the first crewed mission to the Moon as well as the last Shuttle mission. Previously, the Dragon flew on SpaceX’s fourth cargo resupply mission for NASA in September 2014.
The successful liftoff of the rocket took place at 5:07PM Eastern Time, as the Falcon 9 transported its payload up to 65 …read more
