SpaceX Nails Perfect Return to Flight Launch and Historic Vertical Return Landing - Gallery

"There and back again," said SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk after the amazing successful 'Return to Flight' launch of the firms Falcon 9 rocket and history making vertical return landing at Cape Canaveral, Fla, on Monday evening, Dec. 21. For the first time in history, the first stage of a rocket blazing to orbit with a payload, separated successfully from the upper stage at high speed, turned around and then flew back for a successful rocket assisted upright touchdown back on the ground. The ...