SpaceX Test Fires Recovered Falcon 9 Booster in Major Step To Reusable Rockets

In a major advance towards the dream of rocket reusability, SpaceX successfully test fired the first stage engines of the Falcon 9 booster they successfully recovered last month - following its launch to the edge of space and back that ended with a history making upright landing at Cape Canaveral. The re-firing of the engines from history's first recovered rocket took place Friday evening, Jan. 15. And the test results were initially confirmed by Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX vice president for missi...