SpaceX breaks Space Shuttle pad record with Falcon 9 Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX breaks Space Shuttle pad record with Falcon 9 Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launches its 74th Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. This mission, combined with the preceding Falcon 9 launches and the nine Falcon Heavy flights, allowed SpaceX to surpass the total number of Space Shuttle launches from this pad. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 3:14 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed the first stage booster, B1083, on the droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas.’ With a Wednesday afternoon …