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SpaceX Places First Recovered Falcon 9 Booster On Permanent Display

Achievement Memorialized At Company's Hawthorne, CA Headquarters

Elon Musk has made good on his promise to memorialize the first recovery of a Falcon 9 booster by having the rocket placed on permanent display outside the company's Hawthorne, CA headquarters.

The booster was placed upright outside the building over the weekend, according to a report in The Daily Breeze newspaper.

The booster was recovered at Cape Canaveral on December 21, 2015, after delivering 11 satellites to orbit. It was the first time a booster had been recovered after an orbital insertion mission. The rocket was tested and found to be reusable, but Musk wanted to be sure that the historic rocket was not lost on a future mission.

So now, it sits as a testament to the company's achievement outside the company's building near the Hawthorne Municipal Airport.

(Image from file)

FMI: www.spacex.com

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