The Grasshopper test vehicle made its first brief test hop today at SpaceX’s test facility in McGregor, Texas.
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The suborbital Grasshopper is intended to prove techniques that could lead to a recoverable first stage for the Falcon launch vehicle, as shown in the following animation.
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