Falcon 9 Flight 1 Mission - Highlights

A compilation of highlights from the Falcon 9 Flight 1 Mission.

[StingerNSW]

After 10 years and 85 missions later, SpaceX have not stopped making history! From landing, re-flying multiple times, to launching humans we look forward to the next 10 SpaceX years!

[MegaFPVFlyer]

The way the rocket rolled just a few feet above the pad scared the crap out of me

[treizemush]

2:02 That Merlin vacuum engine turbo :D

[BamboozeldGG]

and that was the start of 300 flights and counting

[lucistired]

Who'da thought this dinky little rocket would evolve into a world leading partially reusable launcher.

[jaykay]

It's so weird seeing a Falcon 9 booster _not_ land.

[cujet]

Just listened to Eric Berger's book "Reentry" and I had to see that roll on liftoff. Wow, it happened right away.

[SquirrelFromGradLife]

Just impressive...
What strikes me the most is that i remember something about NASA spending 500 million dollars on just the Constellation launch tower alone and SpaceX uses some concrete, a big metal pivot point and hydraulic jacks and there you go...up and away. Simply brilliant..

[therichieboy]

Reentry brought me back here with so much more understanding of the emotion.
Wow!

[spacexfan]

Can’t wait to see this but for Starship. It’s been a long and tough journey, but SpaceX is still blowing our minds every month. Good job SpaceX!

[JackBettey]

0:04
HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST FALCON NINE LAUNCH❤️❤️❤️
9 years and 354 days after the first ever succesful launch of falcon 9, falcon delivered Bob & Doug to the ISS!!

[WasatchWind]

From this humble test flight, to being the most reliable, most frequently flying rocket in history. As of late 2023, they are flying an average of at least once a week, nailing every landing attempt, and only looking to bigger and more ambitious goals.

It will be a sad day when the Falcon 9 retires, but she's probably going to prove useful for a good long while.

[kworkshop]

Just seeing the non-octaweb engine array reminds you how far SpaceX has come.

[spektr]

Look how far we've come, and look how far we're going.

[MrMarco]

And look at them now!! The Falcon Heavy maiden voyage a success!!!

[IEAvGeek]

Without Falcon 9, Starship would have not been possible. Posted on April 20, 2023, the day of the first Starship Orbital Flight Test.

[drds]

At 1:58 what is that bronze looking disk with bolts(?) sticking out the top and liquid come out of it after stage sep?

[mackdlite]

Even SpaceX's early webcasts were really good compared to say Blue Origin or that atrocious Starliner webcast that was nothing but looking at people looking at monitors lol

[shazmosushi]

Wow this is pretty cool.

You should release more short compilation videos like this - compressing many years worth of hard work on a milestone flight into just a few minutes - the excited voices on the radio say so much about how exhilarating a successful launch you worked on must be.

[odesseyspaceadministration]

That insane roll caused by the extra thrust of the gas generators was scary as frick




But hell yeah its cool