Space X will test landing the company's Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station next Saturday.
The upcoming launch will reportedly be carried out for reusable purposes. Using launch legs placed off Florida's Brevard County coast in the Atlantic Ocean, officials believe they can potentially save Space X several million dollars if the company can land the booster on earth by the end of the year, pending successful trial periods, according to Bay News 9.
The tests are an addition to Space X's 12 flight, $1.6 billion agreement to bring equipment to the International Space Station via the company's Falcon 9 dragon spacecraft, according to Space Flight Now.
Space X completed the third flight on April 18, after enduring many issues.
Space X's founder and creator announced the success on Twitter.
"Data upload from tracking plane shows landing in Atlantic was good! Several boats enroute through heavy seas. Flight computers continued transmitting for 8 seconds after reaching the water. Stopped when booster went horizontal," Elon Musk said.
Machinists were worried bacterial contamination would cause the spacecraft to lose gas and further damage the booster.
The spacecraft's multiplexer-demultiplexer backup computer malfunctioned and did not picking up normal commands, information on NASA.gov reported. Officials then fixed the issue through a spacewalk April 22.
The spacecraft has six fastened cargo pieces. Two are attached to one of its compartments.
The organization is having trouble analyzing video from the reusable rocket's previous landing in the Atlantic.
The Space X founder and CEO told Bay News 9 the company is deciphering information from the last reusable test.
"Try to crowd source - see if people out there can actually make it look even better because I know there are people out there that are really good at fixing video streams," Musk said.
A NASA commentator of the rocket's successful launch announced the news shortly after the rocket lifted off.
"Dragon has been deployed successfully from the Falcon 9 rocket," George Diller said.
