SpaceX landed the rocket’s first stage on land for reuse in a future launch. Known as CRS-13, the mission will deliver critical cargo to and from the orbiting lab for Nasa, the company said. SpaceX landed the rocket’s first stage on land for reuse in a future launch. Once derided as a crazy idea, reusability in space flight is now seen as key to making launches affordable. SpaceX had delayed the mission to conduct additional checks, inspections and cleanings after it detected particles in one of its rocket’s fuelling systems.

Source: Mint December 16, 2017 08:48 UTC