Second Take (Jan. 4, 2016)
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Credit: U.S. Marine Corps
Space SpaceX successfully landed the first stage of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle after placing 11 satellites into low Earth orbit for Orbcomm on Dec. 21. The vertical landing on a surplus launch pad at Cape Canaveral AFS followed failed attempts to land the reusable first stage on an unmanned barge...
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