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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster collapses in a fireball on the droneship, ending a streak of 267 successful landings

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SpaceX lost one of its reusable Falcon 9 boosters during a landing attempt amid the Starlink 8-6 mission on Wednesday morning .

Falcon 9 booster 1062 , making its 23rd flight, tipped over and exploded as it landed on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas ’.

It was the first Falcon 9 landing failure since Feb. 16, 2021 , when the booster B1059 landed on a drone ship.

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