SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster dramatically EXPLODES after landing on a drone ship - marking the first landing failure since 2021

After four years without an incident, SpaceX engineers had good reason to be confident about a routine launch this week. But that confidence was literally blown out of the water this morning after a Falcon 9 rocket booster dramatically exploded shortly after landing. Booster 1062 had just broken the record for the most consecutive launches without failure when it failed to touch down a SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. A shocking video captured the moment the booster suddenly tipped over and was engulfed in a ball of purple flames. This marks the first time since 2021 that a SpaceX booster stage has failed to land after taking its payload into orbit.