SpaceX sticks first ocean landing during ISS launch

Posted on 8 Apr 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
The SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage sucessfully landed on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean. Image courtesy of SpaceX.

US private spaceflight company SpaceX has, for the first time ever, managed to return the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket to a ship.

The successful landing occurred as the company launched the CRS-8 resupply mission to the International Space Station. CRS-8 is the first flight of the Dragon capsule since a post-launch explosion in June last year. The craft itself will carry vital supplies for the ISS as part of the Commercial Resupply Services program with NASA. SpaceX…

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