Recycled rocket makes grocery run to International Space Station
Recycled rocket makes grocery run to International Space StationUS firm SpaceX has racked up another first, launching a recycled rocket with a recycled capsule on a grocery run for Nasa. The unmanned Falcon rocket blasted off with a just-in-time-for-Christmas delivery for the International Space Station on Friday (Saturday NZ time), taking flight again after a six-month turnaround. It was Nasa's first use of a reused Falcon rocket and only the second of a previously flown Dragon. * SpaceX rocket delivers live animals to ISS* SpaceX launches communications satellite EchoStar 23* Tourists will go to the moon with SpaceXNASA SpaceX's Dragon docked to the International Space Station. The last time a Falcon rocket stood at the pad ready to fly, in September 2016, it blew up during a fuelling drill.
Source: Stuff December 15, 2017 21:56 UTC
