SpaceX Nails Dazzling Midnight Launch of Japanese Comsat and Droneship Landing

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL -- Shortly after midnight today, Sunday, Aug. 14, and under near pristine Florida Space Coast skies, SpaceX dazzled its commercial customers and space enthusiasts alike worldwide with the twin feats of nailing the nighttime launch of the firm's Falcon 9 carrying a huge Japanese telecommunications satellite to orbit and accomplishing the nailbiting precision touchdown of the first stage on a miniscule droneship at sea. A virgin SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying ...