Falcon 9: SPACE X

Falcon 9 is a partially reusable medium-lift launch vehicle

designed and manufactured by SPACE X

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first orbital-class rocket to achieve vertical landing and reuse of its first stage

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Falcon 9 is the world’s first orbital class reusable rocket,it allows SpaceX to refly the most expensive parts of the rocket

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Merlin,rocket engines developed by SpaceX for use on its Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles.

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out of 290 launchings it has been landed 248 times

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It has a Dragon spacecraft that can dock with the International Space Station and return to Earth with cargo and crew

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pic credit: images and data taken from space x page on platform "X"

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