The Dragon capsule was sent with a load of 2.2 tons; the first section of the rocket launch returned safely
The American company SpaceX launched in early today its Dragon capsule unmanned to the International Space Station (ISS) with a load of 2.2 tons .
the launch occurred at 00:45 (local time), as planned, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, according to live images by NASA transmitted.
also, the first section launch rocket Falcon 9, 70 meters high, made it back and successfully landed about ten minutes after takeoff.
SpaceX, founded and run by billionaire Elon Musk, had managed this delicate maneuver return the first section of pitcher four times before, one at a farm in Florida and three in a platform in the Atlantic ocean.
But he had failed in their last attempt, in June, posing the first section of Falcon 9 on a platform at sea.
the California company seeks to recover this part of your rocket to reuse and optimize launch costs.
So far, the first section of the rockets, very expensive to build, was destroyed by entering at high speed in the atmosphere.
Agency AFP
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