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Left to right: Falcon 9 v1.0, v1.1, v1.2 "Full Thrust", Falcon 9 Block 5, Falcon Heavy, and Falcon Heavy Block 5. A Falcon 9 first-stage booster is a reusable rocket booster used on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy orbital launch vehicles manufactured by SpaceX.
The first landing test occurred in September 2013 on the sixth flight of a Falcon 9 and maiden launch of the v1.1 rocket version.From 2013 to 2016, sixteen test flights were conducted, six of which achieved a soft landing and recovery of the booster:
Flight 300 — 200th consecutive successful vertical landing for the orbital class Falcon booster, Flight 323 — B1062 becomes the first Falcon 9 booster to fly and land 20 times; this was preceded by certification of boosters to fly that often, double the initial goal, [68] Flight 328 — 300th consecutive successful Falcon 9 mission.
"The incident involved the failure of the Falcon 9 booster rocket while landing on a droneship at sea. No public injuries or public property damage have been reported. The FAA is requiring an ...
The FAA grounded the Falcon 9 rocket last week in order to investigate why a rocket booster ... the FAA cleared the Falcon 9 for launches even as the agency's investigation into failed landing ...
The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, grounded SpaceX’s rocket on August 28, after part of a Falcon 9 rocket booster exploded while attempting to land ...
Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2, also known as LZ-1 and LZ-2 respectively, are landing facilities at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station used by SpaceX.They allow the company to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket or the two side boosters of its Falcon Heavy rocket.
On left, the Falcon 9 rocket booster landing on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.Image: spacexBefore landing, however, the booster helped deliver 64 small satellites to orbit for a variety of ...