# Canonical recap data for SpaceX Falcon 9 First Successful Landing (2015)
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title: SpaceX Falcon 9 First Successful Landing
subtitle: Falcon 9's successful booster recovery and reuse proved reusable rocket technology viable, slashing space launch costs and revolutionizing the aerospace industry.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 2015-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 2015
decade: 2010
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: A Falcon 9 first-stage booster is a reusable rocket booster used on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy orbital launch vehicles manufactured by SpaceX. The manufacture of first-stage booster constitutes about 60% of the launch price of a single expended Falcon 9, which led SpaceX to develop a program dedicated to recovery an
summaryLong: A Falcon 9 first-stage booster is a reusable rocket booster used on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy orbital launch vehicles manufactured by SpaceX. The manufacture of first-stage booster constitutes about 60% of the launch price of a single expended Falcon 9, which led SpaceX to develop a program dedicated to recovery and reuse of these boosters. After multiple attempts, some as early as 2010, at controlling the re-entry of the first stage after its separation from the second stage, the first successful controlled landing of a first stage occurred on December 22, 2015, on the first flight of the Full Thrust version. Since then, Falcon 9 first-stage boosters have been landed and recovered 630 times out of 643 attempts, including synchronized recoveries of the side-boosters of most Falcon Heavy flights.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters"
importance: 80
sourceConfidence: 75
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sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_first-stage_boosters"
  title: SpaceX Falcon 9 B1019
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
- launch
metaDescription: A Falcon 9 first-stage booster is a reusable rocket booster used on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy orbital launch vehicles manufactured by SpaceX. The manufactur
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  capturedAt: 2018-03-11
  label: SpaceX Falcon 9 B1019
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