In Reusability Milestone 1st 5X Launched/Landed SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Goes Horizontal and Treks Back to Cape All Legs Retracted: Photos

Falcon 9 clamped down horizontally on wheeled transporter with all 4 landing legs retracted and grid fins and 9 covered Merlin 1D engines in view starts move back to Cape facilities meandering through Port container canyons, hardware and vehicles on June 10, 2020. From 5x launched/landed Falcon 9 1st stage booster from 8th SpaceX Starlink launch from LC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL on June 3, 2020. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com

10 Jun 2020

Ken Kremer

For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM

PORT CANAVERAL, FL – In a major milestone towards rocket reusability the first ever 5 times launched and landed SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage was lowered horizontal today onto a wheeled transporter, clamped down and trekked back the lengthy road to the Cape from Port Canaveral – with all landing legs retracted – for what is virtually guaranteed to be a record breaking recycling to a 6^th mission in the not too distant future.

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