NPR: Elon Musk matches Jeff Bezos in their billionaire space race.
NPR: Elon Musk matches Jeff Bezos in their billionaire space race.
The Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off Monday evening in Florida, was carrying 11 small satellites for communications company Orbcomm.
NPR’s Geoff Brumfiel reports: The real excitement came around 10 minutes after launch. The rocket’s massive first stage executed a series of maneuvers that brought it back to Cape Canaveral in Florida. Then, it fired its engines, and gently landed right on target.
