Watch mesmerizing footage of SpaceX's historic rocket landing

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Watch mesmerizing footage of SpaceX's historic rocket landing
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SpaceX is developing a reputation for making the amazing seem routine. That was the case on June 3, when the Elon Musk-led company made history with its launch of a re-used space capsule, and successfully recovered a rocket booster back on land in Cape Canaveral.

Now we can watch it (over and over) in glorious high-definition.

The launch-and-landing, which transported supplies to the International Space Station, was the fifth time Elon Musk's spaceflight company has successfully landed a rocket booster on land; it also has six successful sea landings -- on drone ships -- under its belt.

The reflight of its Dragon capsule -- which first went to the Space Station in 2014 -- also made SpaceX the first private company to launch the same cargo capsule to orbit more than once.

If you want to watch another of SpaceX's launches live, you're in luck: There are three more on the schedule between now and July 1, 2017.

Topics SpaceX Elon Musk

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.


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