About two minutes into the flight, the rocket’s first-stage separated cleanly from the second stage and began a controlled descent back to Earth.
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A rocket flying toward the ground is usually a bad sign, but for aerospace company SpaceX, it was a huge success.
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When the rocket landed, a SpaceX commentator announced, “The Falcon has landed”. The rocket landed successfully in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Moments later, flight controllers and employees at SpaceX’s California headquarters erupted in cheers as television cameras showed the rocket making a pinpoint vertical landing at a former Air Force missile launch site located about nine kilometers from the launch pad. “The Falcon first stage landing is confirmed”, SpaceX wrote on Twitter.
The U.S. space agency NASA also applauded the feat. The SpaceX launch and landing this week was a much trickier accomplishment, and marks the first time a rocket has been safely landed after delivering a payload into orbit.
This week’s Falcon 9 launch, the first since a rocket explosion doomed its June launch (the Falcon 9 is unmanned), went off near-perfect, with 11 satellites launched into orbit on behalf of Orbcomm, a communications company.
Low-priced rocket travel will fundamentally change the space industry, Diamandis said in a follow-up email to the Business Journal.
It was the first time a rocket launched into orbit successfully made a controlled landing on Earth.
With the stiff competition between Blue Origin and SpaceX, a ride to space could get a lot cheaper.
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“Lower launch costs mean more space-related endeavors, more startups, more space tourism, more space businesses”, he said.
