A remodeled version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the launchers first mission since a June failure in Cape Canaveral, Florida, December 21, 2015.
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“Elon can’t say this, but “nail in the coffin” for traditional launch industry”, tweeted Peter Diamandis, chief executive of Culver City’s XPrize Foundation, a non-profit that awards cash prizes for science and engineering accomplishments.
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After the second stage of the rocket went into orbit with the satellites, the engines of the booster stage reignited to turn around, landing 10 minutes after launch.
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Miriam Kramer contributed reporting. But even that would still save companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin millions of dollars.
Monday night’s mission was the first time SpaceX has been able to successfully touch down the Falcon 9 post-launch.
The mission’s primary objective was commercial: the company had been commissioned to launch satellites for the New Jersey-based communications company OrbComm.
Just two minutes after launch that day, the Falcon 9 disintegrated, destroying food and other supplies greatly needed on board the space station.
Last night, the upgraded Falcon 9 rocket, which had had 18 successful launches prior, took off from Cape Canaveral, traveled 125 miles into space, and then returned to land approximately 6 miles from the launch pad.
SpaceX has come close to landing a rocket but until now, never actually pulled the feat off.
While the photos and video of the mission itself will garner the most attention for obvious reasons, there’s another part of the mission footage that deserves a look. In the meantime, he’s working to transform the SpaceX Dragon capsules from cargo ships into real spaceships for crews traveling to and from the orbiting station.
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“A jumbo jet costs about the same as one of our Falcon 9 rockets, but airlines don’t junk a plane after a one-way trip from LA to New York”, SpaceX explained on its blog.
