SpaceX Lands Falcon 9 for 50th Time

SpaceX completed late Friday its 20th cargo mission to the International Space Station. The mission also marked the 50th time the company has landed its Falcon 9 rocket.

SpaceX sent more than 4,500 pounds of supplies and science experiments to ISS inside the company’s Dragon capsule, which will return to Earth in about a month loaded with another 4,000 pounds of cargo. The Dragon used in the mission flew for a third and final time.

A new version of the Dragon capsule, an iteration closer to the design that will aim to carry humans to space, will be used for SpaceX’s next mission. Dragon 2 is expected to fly in the fall. 

Check out SpaceX’s webcast of the mission above.

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