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Originally Posted by A930Rocket
It was a good flight for the first eight minutes or so, and then I stopped watching.
Did I understand the announcers correctly, it was the second time the booster was used today or just used again overall?
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It was the
2nd use of the booster.
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it marked the first time SpaceX reused a Super Heavy booster from a prior launch. The booster used Tuesday previously launched on Starship's seventh test flight in January before it was caught back at the launch pad and refurbished for another space shot.
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Booster 14 comes in for the catch after flying to the edge of space on January 16.
Good article here with lot of info:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/spacex-may-have-solved-one-problem-only-to-find-more-on-latest-starship-flight/