SpaceX plans to use the pad for commercial missions, as well as future manned flights. "It was really awesome to see 39A roar back to life," SpaceX Dragon program manager Jessica Jensen told reporters after the launch. NASA hired SpaceX to fly cargo to the station after the shuttle program ended. Last month, SpaceX resumed flying its Falcon 9 rockets using a second launch pad in California, where the first stage of the rocket also succeeded in relanding. SpaceX aims to have the Florida launch pad damaged in last year's explosion up and running by this summer.

Source: India Today February 20, 2017 07:52 UTC