<p>SpaceX completed the world’s first successful launch and landing of a used rocket on Thursday, March 30.</p><p>The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center and carried the SES-10 communications satellite into orbit before landing back on a SpaceX platform in the Atlantic Ocean.</p><p>The rocket was previously used in April 2016, and its relaunch may usher in cheaper space travel in the near future.</p><p>“It means you can fly and re-fly an orbital-class booster, which is the most expensive part of the rocket,” SpaceX founder Elon Musk said in an interview, which begins at 29:32 in the second video listed here. “This is going to be … a huge evolution in spaceflight. It’s the difference between if you had airplanes where you threw away airplanes after every flight, versus you could reuse them multiple times.”</p><p>This content shows the rocket’s launch and landing.</p><br />
