SpaceX lands Falcon 9 rocket after lighting up Californian skies

Los Angeles mayor assured residents that the streaks of light were ‘definitely not aliens’

SpaceX Falcon 9
The mission marked the 30th touchdown of a Falcon 9 booster
(Image credit: SpaceX)

A SpaceX reusable Falcon 9 rocket was successfully relanded yesterday evening, after illuminating the skies above California.

The rocket took off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Los Angeles, at 7:21pm local time (3:21am UK time), Bloomberg reports. The main booster stage then returned and touch back down at the launch site eight minutes later.

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