SpaceX Sets Falcon 9 Reuse Record with NROL-57 Launch from Vandenberg https://ift.tt/xgJUV58 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. …