Stunning Success Sees Return Of Dragon/Falcon 9 to ISS AND A Successful Landing On Drone Barge

They did it... and while the successful landing of a Falcon 9 first stage on a moving target was not quite centered, there is no doubt that SpaceX has the right stuff... and then some.

The excitement of watching the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blast off to deliver supplies, equipment, and experiments to the International Space Station is not simply because rocket flight is spectacular, it’s also because the United States is growing closer to going back into the business of launching manned spacecraft.

The Falcon Nine rocket carrying SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft was launched Friday and the docking with the ISS was completed successfully. Normally it would seem like the story ends there, but this time we were all watching as the Falcon 9 booster attempted another landing on a floating barge. SpaceX’s Elon musk was quoted by CNN as saying, "What was different about this [landing] is that the rocket landed instead of putting a hole in the ship or tipping over."

Reusing the equipment is what SpaceX has been working on, and being able to land on the floating barge provides them with the ability to have a launch and landing site located almost anywhere in the world.

We at ANN congratulate SpaceX on this monumental achievement.

FMI: www.spacex.com