SpaceX launches Florida's last mission of 2020, sticks booster landing
Sonic booms that reverberated across the Space Coast early Saturday signaled a Falcon 9 rocket's gentle touchdown in Cape Canaveral, a fitting end to a bustling launch year for Florida. Eight-and-a-half minutes before its four legs made contact with Landing Zone 1, the SpaceX booster vaulted a secretive national defense satellite from just nine miles away at Kennedy Space Center, then separated from the upper stage. Saturday's 9 a.m. launch marked the fifth flight for the 162-foot first stage. A little over two minutes after the pad 39A liftoff, SpaceX stopped reporting on the status of the...