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Falcon 9 Milestones Vindicate SpaceX’s ‘Dumb’ Approach to Reuse
The workhorse rocket has continued its streak of success.
This is a special booster, having made its debut in June 2021 and launching a wide variety of missions, including two Crew Dragon vehicles to the International Space Station and some Galileo satellites for the European Union. This involves igniting the rocket's nine Merlin engines while the vehicle is traveling faster than the speed of sound through the upper atmosphere, with external temperatures exceeding 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. He recalled watching this launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and observing reentry as a camera aboard SpaceX founder Elon Musk's private jet tracked the rocket.
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