SpaceX Shares Incredible Video of Falcon 9 Booster Returning to Land After Launch | Watch

SpaceX, on January 30, successfully launched Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft to International Space Station (ISS) for first time. spacecraft lifted off on Falcon 9 rocket at 10:37 pm IST from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and was sent toward ISS about 22 minutes later.

Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Cygnus! pic.twitter.com/VgZq7N6jtm

— SpaceX (@SpaceX)

About nine minutes after lift-off, first stage Booster of Falcon 9 returned to Landing Zone 1 for a touchdown. SpaceX has now shared a thrilling video of Booster returning to launch p after completing company's 10th launch and landing in 2024.

Falcon 9's first stage returned to Earth and landed at Landing Zone 1, completing our 10th launch and landing of year pic.twitter.com/MoqpgEt2hg

— SpaceX (@SpaceX)

latest launch marked 10th flight of this booster as it has previously supported NASA's Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37 and four Starlink missions. 

SpaceX also shared a video of Cygnus spacecraft as drifted away from second stage of Falcon 9 before heing toward space station. 
 

As for mission, it was launched under NASA's commercial resupply services contract under which science experiments and edibles are transported to astronauts in space on a regular basis. As of now, only SpaceX and Northrop Grumman own NASA contracts for job. 

Designated NG-20, mission saw Cygnus launch with more than 3,700 kg of cargo including equipment to carry out experiments like surgery using a robot, a 3D cartilage cell culture, an autonomous semiconductor manufacturing platform and a metal 3D printed to 3D print small metal parts.