The booster was originally built as a Falcon Heavy side booster and used on the June 2024 launch of the GOES-U weather satellite. It was then converted into a Falcon 9 booster, launching two ...

Seconds later, a fire broke out in one engine compartment, leading to the loss of the booster. Credit: SpaceX webcast WASHINGTON — A Falcon 9 booster that was destroyed after landing March 2 ...

"Following the successful landing, an off-nominal fire in the aft end of the rocket damaged one of the booster's landing legs which resulted in it tipping over." ...

According to SpaceX, this will be the inaugural flight for the first-stage booster of this Falcon 9. With many Falcon 9 first stages already seeing over 20 flights, it is unknown how many SpaceX ...

Before the explosion, SpaceX completed its third-ever catch of its Super Heavy booster, equipped with 33 Raptor engines, which returned to the Texas launchpad where the so-called “chopsticks ...

Feb. 22 (UPI) --A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket successfully launched Saturday to deploy 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Saturday evening from the Space Force Base in Vandenberg, Calif.