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[b]SpaceX Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) vehicle test flights[/b] The Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) testing program is SpaceX's next step towards reusability following completion of the Grasshopper program last year. Future testing, including that in New Mexico, will be conducted using the first stage of a F9R, which is essentially a Falcon 9 v1.1 first stage with legs. F9R test flights in New Mexico will allow SpaceX to test at higher altitudes than they are permitted at their test site in Texas, to do more with unpowered guidance and to prove out landing cases that are more-flight like. Early flights of F9R will take off with legs fixed in the down position. However, SpaceX will soon be transitioning to liftoff with legs stowed against the side of the rocket and then extending them just before landing. [b]F9R First Flight Test | 250m[/b] Video of Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) taking its first test flight on April 18, 2014, at SpaceX's rocket development facility. F9R lifts off from a launch mount to a height of approximately 250m, hovers and then returns for landing just next to the launch stand.
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