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Watch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Booster landing safely after launch

Yes, you may have seen footage of this before but who can get tired of watching it! It is very surreal watching a rocket booster land itself back on Earth after blasting off just minutes earlier. This is like something you would see in a science fiction movie but SpaceX is doing it in real life.

This video shows several different views you may not have seen before.  The Falcon 9 first stage landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 1 May 2017.

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Yes, you may have seen footage of this before but who can get tired of watching it! It is very surreal watching a rocket booster land itself back on Earth after blasting off just minutes earlier. This is like something you would see in a science fiction movie but SpaceX is doing it in real life.

This video shows several different views you may not have seen before.  The Falcon 9 first stage landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 1 May 2017.

Featured image of Falcon 9 booster landing by SpaceX

 

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