photo credit: L Galbraith // Shutterstock
Last night, Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, launched a satellite into space and then successfully landed the rocket back on California grounds. This was the first time SpaceX has landed a first-stage booster on the West Coast.
The Falcon 9 rocket could be seen gliding through the air, before breaking apart, allowing the satellite to continue into space and the other half to land back on Earth.
https://twitter.com/EmericTimelapse/status/1049184361042477056
Not a UFO. And definitely not aliens. SpaceX launched and landed a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sunday night, marking the Falcon 9’s first ever West Coast landing. https://t.co/IomHYqDzOD pic.twitter.com/nfbNoy0SLm
— CNN (@CNN) October 8, 2018
Written by Clarke Jones