The mishap ended a remarkable string of 344 successful Falcon 9 flights in a row dating back ... allowing high-pressure helium to rupture the second stage's liquid oxygen tank.

Despite the successful blast off of the Crew Dragon and subsequent touch down of the Falcon 9 first-stage booster, the second ...

This incident marks the second time ... making the first-stage booster nearly unrecognizable to casual observers. The only tell-tale sign that the object had been a Falcon 9 rocket were the ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster ... seconds after the 9:30 p.m. landing on Just Read the Instructions drone ship before cutting back to the animation of the rocket's second stage ascending to orbit.