Videos: Reuse of the SpaceX rocket “is a really big deal!”

The Everyday Astronaut explains why last week’s re-flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster that flew last year was a major advance towards affordable access to space:

Loren Grush gives her take on the event: SpaceX makes aerospace history with successful launch and landing of a used rocket – The Verge

SpaceX released this brief GIF of the landing of the booster on a floating platform at sea:

And here’s a nice photo of the booster coming down for a landing:

SES-10 Mission | Falcon 9 First Stage Landing

The booster returned to Port Canaveral this week. This video shows the booster by the dock. The scale of the rocket can be appreciated by seeing the workers underneath the landing legs

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