Falcon 9
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Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. The first Falcon 9 launch was on June 4, 2010, and the first
Falcon 9 B1058 lifting off from Kennedy LC-39A, carrying Demo-2
Falcon 9 flight 20 first-stage landing at Landing Zone 1 on 21 December 2015
A Falcon 9 v1.0 being launched with a Dragon spacecraft to deliver cargo to the ISS in 2012
The launch of the first Falcon 9 v1.1 from Vandenberg SLC-4 (Falcon 9 Flight 6) in September 2013
SpaceX Merlin
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Merlin is a family of rocket engines developed by SpaceX. They are currently a part of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, and were formerly used on the Falcon 1. Merlin engines use RP-1 an
Falcon 9
…8, 2026, SpaceX has successfully landed Falcon 9 boosters 598 times. Individual boosters have flown as many as 36 flights. Both stages are powered by SpaceX Merlin engines, using cryogenic liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) as propellants. The heaviest payloads flown to geostationary transfer orbit…
Test firing of the Merlin 1D at SpaceX’s McGregor test stand
Merlin 1C under construction at SpaceX
Merlin 1C Vacuum engine at Hawthorne factory in 2008