Falcon 9 Booster Lost After Fire Following Landing

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Credit: SpaceX
A Falcon 9 first stage was destroyed after a fire ignited in the booster’s aft section following launch on a Starlink deployment mission and successful landing on an ocean platform, SpaceX said March 3. “Following the successful landing, an off-nominal fire in the aft end of the rocket damaged one...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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