CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first-stage booster of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that carried a NASA probe into orbit last week returned to Port Canaveral on Saturday.
- 1st-stage booster rocket returns to Port Canaveral
- SpaceX Falcon 9 carried NASA's TESS probe
- TESS will look for planets that can support life
The rocket, which landed on the company's floating drone platform far out in the Atlantic Ocean, pulled into port at about noon, accompanied by several tug boats.
Dozens of people at the port stood by, watching and taking pictures of the booster, which had not flown before.
It blasted off Wednesday carrying the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. TESS will look for planets outside our solar system that could support life.