This is a reconstruction of Monday’s Falcon 9 mission that successfully delivered eleven Orbcomm second generation satellites to Low Earth Orbit and achieved a milestone in space flight history by becoming the first orbital-class launch vehicle to return its first stage to Earth for a rocket-powered landing just minutes after blasting off.
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SpaceX’s booster involved in Monday night’s milestone return to a safe onshore landing is unlikely to take flight again, SpaceX
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The Progress MS spacecraft is inbound for an automated docking to the International Space Station on Wednesday after passing its in-orbit tests
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Monday’s launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made a successful orbital delivery of a group of 11 small satellites to join Orbcomm’s Machine-to-Machine communications fleet.
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SpaceX achieved a successful landing of a Falcon 9 booster stage Monday night, coming back from the edge of space after sending the rocket’s second stage on its way to deliver a group of 11 satellites for communications provider Orbcomm.
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It had been a day where everything had to go just right – with no room for error to accomplish an impressive list of achievements in just over ten minutes time.
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SpaceX accomplished a special feat Monday night, successfully returning the company’s Falcon 9 booster to a safe on-shore landing after sending the rocket’s second stage on its way into orbit to dispatch a group of 11 Orbcomm satellites to deliver Machine-to-Machine communication services. Many spectators gathered in locations around the safe perimeter of the landing site and many shared their unique views of Monday’s booster landing.
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SpaceX achived a successful landing of a Falcon 9 booster stage Monday night, coming back from the edge of space after sending the rocket’s second stage on its way to deliver a group of 11 satellites for communications provider Orbcomm.
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SpaceX made history Monday night, becoming the first company to successfully return a booster stage of an orbital launch vehicle to Earth for a propulsive landing atop a flat concrete pad.
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Two Space Station Crew Members ventured outside the hatches of the International Space Station on Monday in an EVA organized on very short notice to recover from an undesired situation involving the Station’s Mobile Transporter that had gotten stuck in between work sites on the central truss of ISS.
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The Progress MS spacecraft was inserted into a very accurate orbit by its Soyuz 2-1A carrier rocket according to orbital data published by the Russian Mission Control Center.
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A Russian Soyuz 2-1A rocket lifted off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday at 8:44 UTC carrying the first in an upgraded series of Progress cargo resupply craft to orbit on a mission to the International Space Station.
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A Soyuz 2-1A rocket lifts off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 21, 2015 on a nine-minute ride into orbit to put the Progress MS spacecraft on a course toward the International Space Station for a two-day rendezvous.
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A Soyuz 2-1A rocket lifts off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 21, 2015 on a nine-minute ride into orbit to put the Progress MS spacecraft on a course toward the International Space Station for a two-day rendezvous.
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International Space Station managers have given their approval for a contingency spacewalk on Monday to recover the Space Station’s Mobile
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SpaceX decided to postpone the Falcon 9 Return to Flight Mission on Sunday to a new liftoff target Monday night with a one-minute window opening at 1:33 UTC on Tuesday, 8:33p.m. local time at the Florida launch site.
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A Soyuz 2-1A rocket stands tall atop its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for liftoff on Monday to deliver the Progress MS spacecraft into orbit for a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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