Falcon 9 B1058

Falcon 9 booster B1058 was a reusable Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster manufactured by SpaceX. B1058 was the first Falcon 9 booster to fly fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen times and broke a turnaround record on its later flights. Its first flight was for Crew Dragon Demo-2, on 30 May 2020, the first crewed orbital spaceflight by a private company. The booster was the first and only Falcon 9 booster to feature NASA's worm logo and meatball insignia, the former of which was reintroduced after last being used in 1992. The booster was destroyed several days after successfully landing on the autonomous spaceport drone ship Just Read the Instructions on 23 December 2023. B1058 toppled over as the drone ship sailed toward Port Canaveral in rough seas.

While in service, B1058 had an average turnaround time of 72 days with a record turnaround of 27 days and 8 hours. For its 19 flights, it held the Guinness World Record of most missions flown by a rocket first stage, until B1062 surpassed it by completing its 20th flight on 13 April 2024.

Flight history

First flight

B1058 entered service on May 30, 2020 launching Demo-2 from LC-39A to the International Space Station with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. It was the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since the final Space Shuttle mission, and the first crewed flight test of Dragon 2. This was the first time US astronauts launched using a privately owned rocket and the first US crewed mission to the ISS in 9 years.