After a successful ascent, Falcon 9's first stage booster tipped over following touchdown on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship. This incident marks the first failure of a booster landing since 2021 and disrupts a record of 267 successful operations.
Booster 1062 had just broken the record for the most consecutive launches without failure when it unexpectedly failed to safely land after attending to its payload, which had included 21 new Starlink satellites.
The astonishing moment was captured on video as the Falcon 9 booster suddenly tipped over after touchdown, which led to a catastrophic explosion, leaving teams to analyze the flight data for further insights.
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