WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Dragon craft launched at 4:43 p.m. EST (8:43 p.m. GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The flight will deliver critical cargo to the International Space Station, according to SpaceX.
Following the stage separation, the company succeeded in landing the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship, named "Of Course I Still Love You," in the Atlantic Ocean.
In December 2015, SpaceX succeeded in making Falcon’s reusable first stage land upright about 6 miles from where it was launched at Cape Canaveral. The rest of the company’s attempts to have rocket boosters land on a drone ship have failed.
