SpaceX Grasshopper’s First Hop, September 21, 2012

HN references it as the first Grasshopper test flight, a milestone in the history of reusable rockets.

SpaceX footage of the Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle making its first roughly 6-foot hop in McGregor, Texas, on September 21, 2012. It was an early step toward a reusable Falcon 9 first stage.