Cool video of the new Falcon reusable rocket launching and landing

Behold the first run of the Falcon 9 recyclable rocket , launching and then smoothly put down in another location — an entire skyrocket going up and set ashore back on Earth quick to be refill and plunge again . Unlike the Grasshopper , this matter is huge ! It is so awing that I whine like a fiddling miss when I saw it in action .

F9R raise off from a launch setting to a meridian of approximately 250 m , hovers and then returns for land just next to the launching stand . former flights of F9R will take off with legs prepare in the down position . However , we will soon be transitioning to liftoff with legs stowed against the side of the rocket and then stretch them just before landing .

essentially , this thing is a Falcon 9 v1.1 first stage with legs . Soon they will be testing at higher altitude , in SpaceX readiness in New Mexico . When they do that they will be able to turn off the master rocket and guide the F9R down unpowered “ to examine out landing cases that are more - trajectory like . ”