In the news yesterday, a company by the name of SpaceX did something that has never been done before. They launched a rocket to resupply the International Space Station. In the past this was always handled by NASA. Now the private sector is being utilized to do what a government agency was doing before.

Check out this excellent CG animation of the new SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket technology and how it functions.

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