Skip to content Parabolic Arc Space Tourism … and Much More News Archives Parabolic Reading List Polls Archive .menu #header « SpaceX Launches Dragon to Space Station Video of Falcon 9 Reusable Test Vehicle Flight Posted by Doug Messier on April 18, 2014, at 1:30 pm in News . Comments: no responses .entry-meta 0 Comments .entry-comments .entry-head Video Caption: Video of Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) taking its first test flight at our 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. Early flights of F9R will take off with legs fixed in the down position. However, we will soon be transitioning to liftoff with legs stowed against the side of the rocket and then extending them just before landing. The F9R testing program is t...