SpaceX did it again, and this time, with a whole lot of style. Elon Musk's private spaceflight company managed to land yet another Falcon 9 first stage back at Cape Canaveral after launching a mission to orbit for NASA. SEE ALSO: SpaceX sticks daytime rocket landing back on Earth after launch to space The daytime landing marks the third time the company has landed a rocket back on land and the eighth time overall that it has recovered a rocket stage after launch. http://pic.twitter.com/6Ve3YJoStm — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 19, 2017 This Falcon 9 mission was the first SpaceX launch from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A, a pad with a rich history dating back to the Apollo moon missions up through the space shuttle era. This marks the first time 39A has been used since the end of the shuttle program in 2011. Here's another view of the landing, via SpaceX: Hours later, Musk posted another video on Instagram, this time giving us perhaps the best close-up view of the amazing landing we've seen yet: A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on Feb 19, 2017 at 12:20pm PST Lana Del Rey goes intergalactic in new video for 'Love' We can't forget about 'Donnie Brasco' on its 20th anniversary Surprise: John Oliver is pretty suspicious about Trump and Putin's relationship Watch a clever comedy duo imagine what fighting Trump IRL might be like
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