US aerospace manufacturing and transport company SpaceX, owned by real-life "Iron Man" and tech billionaire Elon Musk, is sending a recycled rocket into space Thursday, March 30.
The launch is the first attempt by SpaceX at sending the well-known Falcon 9 rocket back to space — and since, it's already been there back in April 2016, when it delivered necessary supplies to the crew of the International Space Station (ISS), it's been labeled as "recycled."
The @SpaceX#SES10#Falcon9 rocket, w/ previously flown 1st stage seen just after sunrise, ready to be reused. Window opens at 6:27pm (ET). pic.twitter.com/Btwy1yy5GQ— Michael Seeley (@Mike_Seeley) March 30, 2017
The aim of Thursday's launch is to send a communications satellite for the Luxemborg-based company SES into distant orbit.
Attempting to make history once again, the SpaceX rocket is scheduled for a launch window between 6:27PM ET and 8:57PM ET, taking off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
— SES (@SES_Satellites) March 30, 2017
The SpaceX project has been four years in the making, while Elon Musk, who heads the California-based company, has been trying to refine the technology.
Over recent months SpaceX has suffered a series of delays. In January, they confirmed that Falcon 9 would not launch after the rocket was involved in an accident.
However over recent weeks, in test flights, Falcon 9 has so far successfully landed on so-called "drone ships" floating in the ocean, whilst doing the same three times on land. The goal, Musk said, was to make rocket parts just as reusable as cars, planes or bicycles — thus making space travel and transportation more sustainable.
Back to back: The same #SpaceX Falcon 9 booster before two very different missions. 1 year apart. Future refurb will have quicker turnaround pic.twitter.com/7uOsOzNGCs— Robin Seemangal (@nova_road) 30 March 2017
SpaceX officials have said that reusing hardware could slash costs-with each Falcon 9 launch costing over US$61 million, by 30 percent.
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