SpaceX Rocket Misses Landing, Makes A Splash In The Atlantic [Videos]
After a historic launch from the West Coast on December 3 — when SpaceX lofted 64 satellites into orbit, as reported by the Inquisitr at the time — the private space company traveled to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on December 5 to send off another mission into space.
As part of SpaceX’s 16th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Wednesday’s launch sent more than 5,600 pounds of science gear, experiments, and Christmas goods into orbit, the Inquisitr reported yesterday. The precious cargo is destined for the astronauts living on board the orbital outpost and will arrive at the ISS on December 8.
Originally scheduled for Tuesday, CRS-16 was delayed due to a problem with one of the experiments waiting to make the trip to the space station, the Inquisitr recently reported. The mission eventually took off on Wednesday afternoon at 1:16 p.m. ET, riding into orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
