SpaceX Falcon 9 landing leg accidentally dropped during retraction attempt - Teslarati

SpaceX has accidentally dropped one of its newest Falcon 9 booster’s landing legs during a retraction attempt in Port Canaveral while crews worked to prepare the rocket for transport.

Falcon 9 booster B1060 safely arrived in Port Canaveral, Florida on July 4th after a flawless June 30th launch debut, delivering the US military’s GPS III SV03 navigation satellite to an accurate orbit and becoming the first SpaceX rocket to launch and land as part of an operational US military mission.

With all legs retracted recovered #SpaceX #Falcon9 B1060.1 capped 1st stage from #GPSSV03 launch lowered horizontal and all work stopped @PortCanaveral-due to same atrocious weather that scrubbed todays planned noontime launch of next @SpaceX #Starlink from @NASAKennedy pad#39A pic.twitter.com/IG7n6KV6a1.

The once-flown rocket was quickly broken over (referring to the process of lowering it horizontally) and installed on a custom transporter, which will soon move it from Port Canaveral to a nearby SpaceX hangar (likely Pad 39A’s) to prepare for its next launch.