On March 30, 2017, SpaceX launched and landed a used rocket for the first time.
This was a huge step forward in SpaceX's plight to develop fully reusable rockets and reduce launch costs. The Falcon 9 rocket had completed a previous mission almost a year earlier, when it launched SpaceX's robotic Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. The rocket booster then landed vertically on one of SpaceX's drone ships in the Atlantic Ocean, and this was the first successful drone ship landing for SpaceX. The company refurbished the rocket to prepare it for a second flight. This time the Falcon 9 launched a communications satellite called SES-10. It lifted off from Kennedy Space Center and stuck another awesome drone-ship landing after delivering the satellite into orbit.
This was a huge step forward in SpaceX's plight to develop fully reusable rockets and reduce launch costs. The Falcon 9 rocket had completed a previous mission almost a year earlier, when it launched SpaceX's robotic Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. The rocket booster then landed vertically on one of SpaceX's drone ships in the Atlantic Ocean, and this was the first successful drone ship landing for SpaceX. The company refurbished the rocket to prepare it for a second flight. This time the Falcon 9 launched a communications satellite called SES-10. It lifted off from Kennedy Space Center and stuck another awesome drone-ship landing after delivering the satellite into orbit.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:04On March 30th, 2017, SpaceX launched and landed a used rocket for the first time.
00:09This was a huge step forward in SpaceX's plight to develop fully reusable rockets and reduce launch costs.
00:15The Falcon 9 rocket had completed a previous mission almost a year earlier,
00:19when it launched SpaceX's Robotic Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.
00:23The rocket booster then landed vertically on one of SpaceX's drone ships in the Atlantic Ocean,
00:27and this was the first successful drone ship landing for SpaceX.
00:31The company refurbished the rocket to prepare it for a second flight.
00:35This time the Falcon 9 launched a communications satellite called SES-10.
00:39It lifted off from Kennedy Space Center and stuck another awesome drone ship landing after delivering the satellite into orbit.
00:45And that's what happened on this day in space.