Falcon 9’s first stage lands on the Just Read The Instructions droneship, completing this booster’s 18th launch and landing

Top 10 SpaceX active boosters by number of flights: B1061: 22 B1067: 21 B1063: 19 B1069: 18 <-- B1071: 17 B1073: 17 B1076: 16 B1077: 14 B1078: 12 B1075: 12

Beauty🤍🚀🫶🏻🤗

These landings, all 368 of them, aren't identical from my observations and I have watched most of them. Experimentation has been obvious. This same experimentation will, I believe, be used in perfecting the Starship booster catch. The same close proximity control that they need.

🚀 Why SpaceX Uses Merlin Engines on Both Stages of Falcon Vehicles 🌌 Ever wondered why SpaceX sticks with Merlin engines for both stages of their Falcon rockets? 🤔 The answer is efficiency and innovation! By developing just one engine type, SpaceX saves a ton of time and money—no need to design and manufacture different engines for different stages. Plus, with 9 smaller engines on the booster, SpaceX can land it safely and reuse it! 🌍 As the booster returns nearly empty, it weighs much less, meaning it needs way less thrust to land than to launch. How do they do it? By using just one Merlin engine at 70% thrust to touch down. It's a delicate balance, though—the engine is almost too powerful, so they have to shut it off quickly once they land to avoid it lifting off again! ✨ SpaceX -Elon Musk's

yippee it didn't fall over!

Falcon 9 is the best

We are so back!

Tbh E must be giggling at the irony of the drone ship naming with the sequence of the last 2 flights

Like a boss😎🚀🦾

Amazing ❤️