SpaceX has postponed their resupply services mission to Tuesday, Jauary 6 saying that this will give their engineers more time to investigate some of the problems that arose with the Falcon 9 rocket during testing earlier this week.

"The new launch date also will allow the teams to enjoy the holidays," SpaceX stated in a press release.

After the holidays, it's back to work. The most monumental part of the SpaceX launch will not be what goes up, but what comes down.

In a game-changing move, SpaceX is going to try and land a used rocket atop a floating platform in the ocean.

Doing this will be like "trying to balance a rubber broomstick on your hand in the middle of a wind storm," SpaceX described in a statement released earlier this week.

If successful, the company will set a new standard in space exploration — one that could eventually cut the cost of space travel by a factor of 100, according to SpaceX founder Elon Musk.