SpaceX will attempt another ambitious landing of the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating barge on the Atlantic Ocean after the launch of the Dragon capsule for a resupply mission to the International Space Station on Monday.

The prior attempt involving the Falcon 9 booster rocket blasting off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and attempting to land on a barge on the Atlantic Ocean failed.

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The booster hit the barge too hard and exploded, damaging the barge in the process. SpaceX has already taken into account its past mistakes and applied new techniques and technology to prevent this accident from happening again.

SpaceX will attempt it again April 13 as the Falcon 9 blasts-off from Cape Canaveral at 4:33 p.m. EDT. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced this time around, there will be hypersonic grid fins and hydraulic fuel to prevent another failure of the stabilizers.

The goal of SpaceX is to develop fully reusable rockets to slash expensive costs during rocket launches. The space mission today, however, is all about delivering precious cargo to the ISS. The Dragon capsule will be loaded with 4,000 pounds of food, supplies and scientific experiments for the orbiting laboratory.

Among the cargo is an exprimental espresso machine especially requested by Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. The espresso machine was to have arrived last January but ended up being among the items destroyed in the launch explosion.

The espresso machine, dubbed "ISSpresso", was made by Italian coffee maker Lavazza in collaboration with Argotec and the Italian Space Agency. ISSpresso will be the first specially designed coffee maker to be used in space.

This SpaceX cargo resupply mission is the sixth of 12 scheduled under NASA's US$1.6 billion contract. The Dragon capsule is scheduled to arrive at the space station on Wednesday and will return to Earth with 3,000 pounds of equipment and refuse after five weeks.

Local reports have announced there is a 60 percent chance of favorable weather for today's launch.

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