The [fairing recovery boat was just noticed in mid December last year][1]. So it's possible, but [the way he discussed fairing recovery during the news conference][2], hours after the fairing would have splashed down, suggests that the fairing was not caught this time: > The black-T-shirt-wearing exec also described a new, unusual type of > drone ship SpaceX is building that could be used to help recover > Dragon and fairings (the nose cone that covers the payload on cargo > unmanned flights). > > "We've got a special boat to catch the fairing... it's like a giant > catcher's mitt in boat form... I think it might be able to do the same > thing with Dragon." It's unknown whether an attempt was made, and whether the main core splashdown affected the fairing recovery ship if a fairing recovery was planned. [1]: https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-fairing-grabber-claw-recovery-boat/ [2]: https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musk-reveals-spacex-plans-after-falcon-heavy-launch/