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SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster That Flew 19 Days Destroyed After Falling on Drone Ship
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangB1058 was the only booster with NASA's logos because of its maiden launch, Demo-2 (the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the U.S. since the Shuttle program), and it lead the fleet with the most amount of re-flights.
B1058 launched 2 astronauts, 860+ satellites and 260 tons of payload to orbit over 3.5 years.
SpaceX will recover its Merlin engines for other missions.
The Falcon fleet's life leading rocket completed its 19th and final launch and landing on December 23. This one reusable rocket booster alone launched to orbit 2 astronauts and more than 860 satellites — totaling 260+ metric tons — in ~3.5 years pic.twitter.com/q1ANdGCpEg
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 26, 2023