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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Written by Astro1 on September 22nd, 2012 , SpaceX Tags:

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