SpaceX launches, then lands, a brand new version of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX just sent a rocket there and back again.

The private spaceflight company successfully launched another Falcon 9 rocket to space before landing it back on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday. 

The Falcon 9 took flight at 4:14 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 — a communications satellite for Bangladesh — on its way to orbit. 

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About 10 minutes after launch, the first stage of the Falcon 9 came back in for a pretty landing back on Earth. This marks the 25th Falcon 9 landing for SpaceX. Read more...

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