SpaceX Just Made History. Again.
SpaceX scored a spectacular launch success last night when the maiden flight of their upgraded Falcon 9 rocket scorched the sky of the Florida Space Coast and successfully delivered a commercial space satellite to geostationary orbit for the first time ever – thereby revolutionizing the commercial space industry from this day forward.
Top Photo via SpaceX.The third time was finally the charm as the Falcon 9 blasted off precisely on time at 5:41 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral following a pair of launch scrubs last week on November 25th and Thanksgiving Day, November 28th, caused by technical problems with the first stage engine. The booster thundered off the pad and pierced the completely cloud-free evening sky soon after sunset as the blistering roar rumbled deafeningly all across the space coast viewing area....MORE
