On December 23, the first 19-handed Falcon 9 rocket in history was born, numbered B1058.19, and was successfully recovered again, but it encountered strong winds and waves on the way home, and unfortunately overturned and could not impact the 20th reuse.
On December 26, the wreckage of B1058 arrived in Port Canaveral.
Judging from the photos sent back from the scene, the highly decorated rocket was broken in two, the top of which had fallen into the sea without a trace, and some cables stretched out and scattered on the edge of the barge, extending into the sea, while three of the four landing legs stretched into the air.
SpaceX said the B1058 encountered strong winds and high waves, and the octopus holder failed, destroying less than 100 miles from land.
The B1069 has been improved from the beginning, through the automatic leveling mechanism, the landing leg load can be immediately balanced when landing, but the old B1058 does not have this modification.
The B1058 made its maiden flight on May 30, 2020, carrying out SpaceX's first manned space mission and NASA's first commercial manned space mission, sending astronauts Bob Bakken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station through the Dragon spacecraft Demo-2.
Because of this, it's a pride to have the NASA logo on its surface.
Since then, it has launched Starlink 14 times, launched 1 cargo Dragon spacecraft, launched 1 South Korean military communications satellite, and launched 2 small satellites (143 and 105 respectively), making great achievements.
In three and a half years and 19 launches, this rocket has put into orbit two astronauts and more than 860 satellites, with a total weight of more than 260 tons.
Source: Fast Technology