Daily Archives: October 16, 2013

Learning How to Recover the First Stage of a Falcon 9

From SpaceX, regarding the September 29 launch of an upgraded Falcon 9 from Vandenberg AFB in California: Though not a primary mission objective, SpaceX was also able to initiate two engine relights on the first stage. For the first restart … Continue reading

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