Short Hop

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is advancing development of a reusable first stage for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle with the first “hop” of its Grasshopper vertical-takeoff-and-landing test vehicle. The modified Falcon 9 first stage is validating plans to fly that stage back to the launch...

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