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UPDATE: Aug. 14,Biography Archives 2017, 1:36 p.m. EDT The launch and landing of the Falcon 9 rocket was successful. Read our post and watch the video of the successful spaceflight feat here.

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SpaceX has an uncanny way of making the most amazing spaceflight events seem routine.

If you need proof of that look no further than the Elon Musk-founded company's plans for Monday.

At 12:31 p.m. ET, SpaceX is planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket stacked with a Dragon cargo spacecraft loaded down with supplies for the astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

SEE ALSO: Elon Musk reveals SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch animation, and it's amazing

Then if all goes according to plan, about 10 minutes later, the first stage of that rocket should land back at a pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, after sending the Dragon on its way.

You can watch the launch and landing live directly through SpaceX in the window below.

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This mission marks SpaceX's 12th official cargo run for NASA to the Space Station, and if successful, it will mark the sixth time the company has performed one of these land-landings and the 14th total landing.

None of these feats were possible even just a few years ago.

SpaceX became the first private spaceflight company to dock one of its spacecraft at the Space Station in 2012.

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Then three years later, the company started landing its rockets back on Earth. The company has even started launching rockets that have previously flown on more than one mission, a huge part of the company's plan to make spaceflight more affordable.

SpaceX has had a big year, coming back in force after a pair of accidents set the company back severely in 2016.

Since the start of 2017, SpaceX has successfully launched 11 missions, a record for the company.

And now, it looks like they could extend that record even further.

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