Acho que o mais interessante desta missão é esta parte (retirada da wikipedia):
"After the separation of the second stage, SpaceX will conduct a flight test and attempt to return the nearly-empty first stage of the Falcon 9 through the atmosphere and land it on a 90-by-50-meter (300 ft × 160 ft) floating platform called the autonomous spaceport drone ship. This will be SpaceX second attempt to land the booster on a floating platform after an earlier test in January 2015 was not successful. The booster is fitted with a variety of technologies to facilitate the flight test, including grid fins and landing legs to facilitate the post-mission test. If successful, this will be the first time in history that a rocket booster was returned to a vertical landing.[SUP][9]"
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