SpaceX lands stage of just-launched rocket on ship at sea

For the second time, SpaceX has succeeded in landing the first stage of a rocket that had just been launched onto on a drone ship at sea.

The Falcon 9 rocket had delivered a Japanese communications satellite into space early Friday. Then, the rocket booster's engine ignited, and it was guided back to Earth, onto the ship.

The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk.

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