The SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable rocket begins a gradual descent using booster rockets to the floating landing platform April 8, 2016 in the Atlantic Ocean. The CRS-8 mission successfully propelled the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station and then returned to land on the droneship for the first time.

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable rocket begins a gradual descent using booster rockets to the floating landing platform April 8, 2016 in the Atlantic Ocean. The CRS-8 mission successfully propelled the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station and then returned to land on the droneship for the first time.

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Location: Atlantic Ocean
Photo credit: © SpaceX / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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