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On September 28th SpaceX finally reached orbit with their rocket after multiple previous failures. The year is 2008, the rocket was Falcon 1

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Simon Allonneau ☀️⚡🔋🔌🚘1 day ago

Do you think Elon pressed on the scale during the suborbital hold? the date was to perfect to miss it!

Space Intelligence1 day ago

And my little boy has his 8th birthday today! ❤️

James Owens1 day ago

Cool! So Starship makes first orbit on Falcon 1’s anniversary! Been a heckuva 18 years!

Bobby Boucher 🌶️🐊💦1 day ago

They were on their last rocket! It was DO -or- DIE.

David Rowbory1 day ago

Somehow I totally missed this at the time... probably something to do with my first daughter arriving the day before. And I don't think the hospital was live streaming the Falcon 1 launch, for some reason.

Virag_ik1 day ago

Really ? OMG starship orbital after just 14 years. On Exact date

Fully English1 day ago

Everyone one of them will be $millionaires now thanks to SpaceX stock options.

ur.girl.zoe1 day ago

Congrats on finally getting the rocket off the ground, 2008 must be proud of its long‑term plan.

Prometheus1 day ago

Humans have done well with the fire I gave them. Accomplishments your ancestors could not fathom.

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