Photos: Falcon 9 blasts off from California on Critical Return to Flight

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made an impressive Return to Flight on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, lifting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 17:54 UTC with ten Iridium-NEXT Satellites. Coming back after a testing accident in September, Falcon 9 earned double check-marks by completing a flawless orbital delivering and sticking its first Drone Ship Landing in the Pacific Ocean, SpaceX’s seventh overall landing success.

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