On Friday 23rd December, after the launch of Starlink Group 6-32 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in Cape Canaveral, Booster B1058, known also as "The Worm", as it was the only Falcon 9 booster to feature the iconic "NASA Worm Logo", performed its flip, entry, and landing burns nominally, completing its 19 landing upon the autonomous drone ship Just Read The Instructions. B1058 was secured by the Ocotograbber near the center of the deck as Just Read The Instructions began its voyage back to Port Canaveral. During the transport, Just Read The Instructions encountered higher than forecasted waves and wind speeds, leading to a structural failure of landing legs, causing the booster to tip over and be destroyed. B1058 is an older model of the Falcon 9 Block 5, did not feature hydraulic self leveling landing legs but the older style "lockout landing legs" that simply relied on the release of hydraulic pressure to deploy before under going a physical lockout. A similar situation happened to Booster B1069 on the 21st December 2021, when after the launch of the Commercial Cargo Resupply 24 (CRS-24) mission to the International Space Station, the hydraulic lockout mechanism partially failed, leading to damage of the booster, landing leg, and an engine. This mission marks the first non-expended loss of a Falcon 9 Booster since the loss of Booster B1059 during its landing on Of Course I Still Love You on the 16th of February, 2021 after the launch of the Starlink V 1.0 L19 mission. B0158 was at the time of its loss the fifth most flown Launch vehicle of all time, and the most flown launch vehicle in active service, coming only behind the Space Shuttles Discovery (39 flights), Endeavour (33 flights), Columbia (28 flights), and Atlantis (25 flights).

B1058 Missions
Mission Name. Launch Date. Launch Pad. Mission Description if Notable.
1: Crew Demo-2. 30th May, 2020. LC-39A. The first launch of American Astronauts to space from American Soil since STS-135 on 8th July, 2011 on board Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104). Used Dragon 206, named Endeavour by Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in honor of Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105).
2: ANASIS-II. 20th July, 2020. SLC-40. The first Falcon 9 mission to successfully recover both fairing halves.
3: Starlink v1.0 L12. 6th October, 2020. LC-39A.
4: CRS-21. 6th December, 2020. LC-39A. First flight of a Dragon 2 spacecraft in a cargo configuration using Dragon 208
5: Transporter-1. 24th January, 2021. SLC-40. Record holding flight for most satellites launched on a single vehicle at 143 satellites (record still held).
6: Starlink v1.0 L20. 11th March, 2021. SLC-40.
7: Starlink v1.0 L23. 7th April, 2021. SLC-40.
8: Starlink v1.0 L26. 15th May, 2021. LC-39A.
9: Starlink Group 4-1. 13th November, 2021. SLC-40.
10: Transporter-3. 13th January, 2022. SLC-40. First and only flight where B1058 underwent a "Return to Launch Site" landing, touching down at LZ-1, 5 miles southeast of SLC-40.
11: Starlink 4-8. 21st February, 2022. SLC-40
12: Starlink 4-17. 6th May, 2022. LC-39A
13: Starlink 4-21. 7th July, 2022. SLC-40.
14: Starlink 4-2 and Bluewalker 3. 11th September, 2022. LC-39A
15: Starlink 4-37. 17th December, 2022. LC-39A
16: Starlink 6-5. 10th July, 2023. SLC-40. First launch of the new generation Starlink "V2 Mini" Satellites on board this booster as testing of Starship continues before launching the full size Starlink V2s.
17: Starlink 6-17. 20th September, 2023. SLC-40.
18: Starlink 6-26. 4th November, 2023. SLC-40.
19: Starlink 6-32. 23rd December, 2023. SLC-40.

With the loss of B1058, Booster B1060 is the current record holder for most flown launch vehicle in active service at 17 flights and landings.