Historic First Orbital Booster Landing at LZ-1

After its six-month post-CRS-7 stand-down, SpaceX returned to flight with the first successful vertical landing of an orbital-class rocket booster after mission completion. After delivering 11 ORBCOMM OG2 satellites to LEO, the Falcon 9 booster touched down at Landing Zone 1, Cape Canaveral — a milestone widely considered impossible by traditional aerospace.