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Time follows Kelly and his twin brother, Mark, as they work the test the boundaries of long-term space travel._ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 16, 2015 12:47 AM UTC  by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Apr 16, 2015 12:47 AM UTC SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, marking the sixth resupply mission for SpaceX to the International Space Station and a second chance at attempting to recover a Falcon 9 rocket. The company released this HD slow motion video on Wednesday that shows the rocket approach SpaceX’s autonomous drone barge landing platform, then tipping over after impact. 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