SpaceX F9R development flight-test vehicle
F9R was SpaceX’s Falcon reusable-development flight testbed, following Grasshopper in validating recovery hardware and guidance, navigation and control. The FAA’s 2014 McGregor assessment distinguishes its permitted programme from Grasshopper. A later NASA-hosted engineering review records five F9R development flights; planned operations in permit documents are not actual flight totals.
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- Aliases
- F9R DevF9R Dev1Falcon 9 Reusable Development Vehicle
- Family Name
- Falcon 9 Reusable Development Vehicle
- Full Name
- SpaceX F9R development flight-test vehicle
- Roles
- researchexperimentaltechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
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- Description
- F9R was SpaceX’s Falcon reusable-development flight testbed, following Grasshopper in validating recovery hardware and guidance, navigation and control. The FAA’s 2014 McGregor assessment distinguishes its permitted programme from Grasshopper. A later NASA-hosted engineering review records five F9R development flights; planned operations in permit documents are not actual flight totals.
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- Operator
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- fully_reusable
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- Creation Time
- October 29, 2026 at 16:02:10 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 16:02:10 UTC