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Spacex just pulled off a spaceflight first, successfully landing the first stage of its falcon 9 rocket back on earth during an orbital launch. Spacex successfully made the first landing of an orbital space booster rocket today at 8:39 pm est at cape canaveral air force station, florida. Spacex successfully landed its falcon 9 rocket after launching it to space.

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The person responsible for spacex's landing capabilities is aerospace engineer lars blackmore. Before landing, the rocket had been on mission to deliver cargo for the international space station. As a result, spacex used a modified falcon 9 rocket without grid fins or landing legs to carry the satellite, which was destroyed after successfully completing the mission. Spacex rocket launches astronauts to iss.