March 25th - on this day in 2006, SpaceX conducted its first ever orbital launch attempt from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site in the Marshall Islands. However, the Falcon 1 rocket's single Merlin 1A engine failed early into the flight and the rocket fell into the sea. This was the first of three consecutive launch failures of the Falcon 1. | NASASpaceflight.com

August 3rd - on this day in 2008, SpaceX conducted the third launch of its Falcon 1 launch vehicle from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Omelek Island in the Marshall Islands. The rocket carried the Trailblazer technology demonstrator for the United States Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency. Riding along as rideshare payloads were the PRESat and Nanosail-D CubeSats. After a nominal first stage flight, the first and second stages collided during stage separation due