SpaceX Falcon 9 Delivers Starlinks, Fails Landing

Falcon 9 launch.
Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, making an unprecedented fifth flight, successfully dispatched another 60 Starlink websats into orbit, then failed to touch down on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk later disclosed that one of the nine Merlin engines on the...

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