The Day I Became a Believer

10 years ago, reusable space vehicles stopped being just a dream

It has been a whole decade now since the 20th flight of Falcon 9, launching 11 satellites for the ORBCOMM, launched from Cape Canaveral. Few remember the payload of this mission - although the satellites from this launch are still active to this day - what made this a historic mission is what happened to the first stage booster after it completed its jo…