milestone
Grasshopper Reaches 744m Altitude — Program Complete
Grasshopper's eighth and final test reached 744 meters (2,441 feet) before returning to land precisely on the pad. The program progressed from 1.8m hops to over 700m in just over a year, demonstrating viable propulsive landing technology. Grasshopper was retired and replaced by the higher-altitude F9R Dev program.
Sources
- T2 Falcon 9 prototypes — Wikipedia Major