More than 2 tons of supplies and gear are speeding toward the International Space Station, after a SpaceX Falcon rocket launched early Monday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The cargo includes a new port that will standardize how spacecraft connect to the station.
The SpaceX Dragon craft will deliver its payload to the station Wednesday morning — but the mission has already been something of a success, as Brendan Byrne of member station WMFE reports.
“SpaceX was able to land the first stage of the booster at a landing site at Cape Canaveral a part of their plan for rocket re-usability,” Byrne says. Adding a detail that area residents might already know, he adds, “A sonic boom from the reentry of the booster was heard across Central Florida.”
Out on LZ-1. We just completed the post-landing inspection and all systems look good. Ready to fly again. pic.twitter.com/1OfA8h7Vrf— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 18, 2016
Dragon on its way to @Space_Station, Falcon on its way home pic.twitter.com/EpfUKBmoWi— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 18, 2016
SOURCES- NPR, Spacex, Elon Musk, Twitter
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