Blastoff! SpaceX launches Euclid 'dark universe' space observatory, nails landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches ESA's Euclid space telescope from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 1, 2023. Euclid is a dark matter and dark energy hunter. The rocket's first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean shortly after separation. Credit: SpaceX