SpaceX to Attempt First Rocket Launch Since Falcon 9 Explosion

The Falcon 9 rocket was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida carrying 11 satellites to low-Earth orbit and was also successfully landed after 10 minutes to the Earth.

The triumph is a major step forward for SpaceX’s ambition to develop reusable and reliable rocket technology aimed at drastically reducing the cost of space missions, and marks a truly landmark moment for space travel.

The path of the rocket booster was set according to an orbital realignment with the launch area.

Two-minutes into the flight, the rocket deployed its first stage, the leftover 15-storey booster, which landed safely back on Earth amid cheers and applause.

SpaceX even posted a video and photographs showing the Falcon’s safe landing.

SpaceX made a few changes to the rocket, including trying to land it on the ground rather than on a platform on the ocean, one of the things that made the earlier attempts so challenging.

SpaceX has successfully landed its Falcon 9 rocket from a space trip for the very first time.

Elon Musk was often described as a maverick who was attempting a utopian task.

But as I wrote then, Musk was also quick to point out – on Twitter, where billionaires go to brag about their space-capades and such – that Blue Origin’s landing wasn’t quite as hard as what Tesla has been attempting to do for a while.

The rocket actually put 11 satellites into space.

“Everything appears to have been flawless”, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said during a press call after the launch and landing.

Blue Origin, which is headed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, achieved a safe rocket landing after a launch on November 24 – but SpaceX employees were quick to remind viewers during a livestream Monday that this was a more hard feat.