SpaceX Taking Recycling All the Way to Orbit With Cargo Ship

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By Associated Press

May 31, 2017 at 6:35 PM UTC

Updated on

May 31, 2017 at 10:32 PM UTC

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Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) -- SpaceX is taking recycling to a whole new realm — all the way to orbit.

On this week's supply run to the International Space Station, SpaceX will launch a Dragon capsule that's already traveled there. The milestone comes just two months after the launch of its first reused rocket booster for a satellite.