1. On March 30, 2017, SpaceX Falcon became the first entity to successfully launch and fly a reusable orbital class rocket.
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2. In 2012, SpaceX Falcon became the first private space company to dock with the International Space Station.
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3. In November 2018, SpaceX Falcon announced work on a heavily modified Falcon 9 second stage that would be used for atmospheric reentry testing of a number of technologies needed for the full-scale BFR spaceship, including an ultra-light heat shield and high-Mach control surfaces.
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4. In March 2013, SpaceX Falcon announced that, beginning with the first flight of the Falcon 9 v1.1, every first stage would be instrumented and equipped as a controlled descent test vehicle.
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6. In 2017, SpaceX Falcon started including incremental changes to the Falcon 9 Full Thrust, internally calling it the "Block 4" version.
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