SpaceX Falcon 9 missed its landing last month because of a hole in a boot – CNET

A Falcon 9 loaded with Starlink satellites prepares for launch.
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After successfully sending another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites into orbit Feb. 15 from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, SpaceX missed the landing of its Falcon 9 first-stage booster for the first time in a year.
SpaceX’s Benji Reed said Monday in a NASA press conference that a hole in an engine boot directed hot gas “where it wasn’t supposed to be,” triggering an automatic shutdown and leaving the…

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