Cape Canaveral, FL 03/06/20
Friday night at 11:50pm Eastern time, Space-X launched a twice used Dragon Spacecraft to the Space Station. The other times this capsule was used include the CRS-10 mission from February 2017 and the CRS-16 mission back in December 2018. The capsule wasn't the only reused part of this setup - the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission also flew the CRS-19 mission in December of last year.
CRS-20 Cargo worth note include:
GERO-ISS - which will be installed in the ESA’s Columbus module. It will conduct a climate research experiment that will use navigation satellite signals to precisely determine sea surface height.
Bartolomeo - an external payload platform developed by Airbus that will provide power and data transmission for up to 12 payload slots.
Once this payload is delivered the ISS, we will get to experience the treat of the 50th booster landing and it will be done at LZ-1 not out at sea. Elon (prior to the launch) had tweeted that " Rocket will land in highest winds ever at Cape Canaveral tonight. This is intentional envelope expansion."
This is just one of the ways Elon is crushing the launch industry... Not being fearful of pushing the boundaries and forcing (not just taking) the next step is the key to innovation. Here is a company that has now landed the same booster 50 times and launched 5 rockets this year alone while other projects seem to just be rotting away in a High Bay somewhere soaking up tax dollars. When we should have multiple options coming to fruition at this point for manned missions from Florida's East coast, Elon is the only one making it happen.