SpaceX launches a reused Dragon atop a reused Falcon 9 for the first time

Techcrunch ---------- SpaceX has moved one step closer to its dream of affordable, efficient reusable space flight: Today for its CRS-13 resupply mission for the International Space Station it managed to launch a previously flown Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket with a flight-proven first stage booster. That’s the first time it’s flown both types of reused equipment at the same time. The mission, which was delayed from its original target date of December 12 after the SpaceX team decided to take more time to verify proper operation of its second stage full system, took off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base at SpaceX’s newly refurbished SLC-40 in Florida at 10:36 AM EST. Its purpose was to deliver over 4,800 pounds of supplies to the ISS, and the Dragon capsule with those supplies on board should now dock with the ISS on Sunday if all goes to plan. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.