Today was a historic day, SpaceX successfully launched and landed it’s Falcon 9 rocket, marking the first time a rocket has launched a payload into space and returned. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks discuss this amazing story. Watch the SpaceX launch here:https://youtu.be/O5bTbVbe4e4

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“SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully landed upright on solid ground at Cape Canaveral, Florida this evening, after traveling into space and back. It’s the first time SpaceX has been able to gently touch down the Falcon 9 post-launch — something the company has been trying to do for the past year. It’s a big first step toward reusable rockets.

This launch was also the first time SpaceX has flown since June, after one of its Falcon 9 rockets exploded en route to the International Space Station. Now this return-to-flight mission has made history — no one else has ever landed a rocket that has gone as deep into space as the Falcon 9.”