SpaceX Aims to Launch Rocket to ISS, Land Stage on Platform

SpaceX, one of two private companies ferrying cargo to the International Space Station, is aiming at pulling off another landmark event in space travel during Tuesday's launch of an unmanned cargo ship to the orbital outpost.    The company will launch more than 2,000 kilograms of supplies from NASA's Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida aboard its Falcon 9 rocket. Minutes after launch, the rocket's 14-story-tall lower stage will separate from the upper stage,...

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