SpaceX Sets Falcon 9 Reuse Record with NROL-57 Launch from Vandenberg

SpaceX Sets Falcon 9 Reuse Record with NROL-57 Launch from Vandenberg

A Falcon 9 rocket, operated by SpaceX, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 2:49 a.m. EDT on March 21. It is carrying the classified NROL-57 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). This marked a huge milestone in rocket reusability, as the same booster had previously launched NASA's SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes just over nine days earlier. The previous record for the shortest turnaroun…