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SpaceX loses Starship on test flight

Space on MSN · 2d

SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video, photos)

Starship's previous six test flights occurred in April and November of 2023 and March, June, October and November of last year. SpaceX aimed to conduct a chopsticks catch of Super Heavy on Flight 6 as well, but a communication issue with the launch tower nixed that try, and the booster diverted for a Gulf of Mexico splashdown.

CNN on MSN · 1d

SpaceX executes ‘chopsticks’ booster catch but Starship spacecraft explosion temporarily diverts flights

SpaceX pulled off its “chopsticks” catch of a Super Heavy rocket booster but lost the Starship spacecraft on Thursday during the vehicle’s seventh uncrewed test flight.

The Verge on MSN · 1d

SpaceX catches Starship booster for a second time but loses the spacecraft

SpaceX successfully caught its Super Heavy booster for the second time. During Starship’s 7th test flight from Boca Chica, Texas, Super Heavy descended into the launch tower’s “chopstick” arms, allowing it to grab the booster.

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Hosted on MSN · 8h

‘Doesn’t look real’: SpaceX Starship explosion sends debris streaking across sky, video shows

Footage of the incident, captured by a family vacationing in the Turks and Caicos, showed the wreckage leaving behind what one of the onlookers called a “rainbow” of debris.

The Verge on MSN · 1d

SpaceX’s fiery Starship explosion put on a fantastic show but delayed and diverted flights

The company says that “Starship flew within its designated launch corridor” and “any surviving pieces of debris would have fallen into the designated hazard area.” The falling debris put on a show in the evening sky over the Caribbean and was captured by several tourists who seemed both amazed and slightly anxious about what they were witnessing.

CBS News on MSN · 6h

FAA orders investigation after SpaceX Starship breaks up and showers debris

The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered SpaceX to carry out a formal investigation into the breakup of its Starship rocket during a test flight Thursday that sent a spectacular shower of flaming debris plummeting back to Earth,

Aviation Week5h

SpaceX Eyes Leak In Starship Upper-Stage Loss, Plans Next Test Soon

SpaceX said a leak may have caused a fire in Starship’s upgraded Block 2 upper stage, leading to the loss of the vehicle ...

8hon MSN

FAA grounds SpaceX Starship launches after breakup in Texas

The Federal Aviation Administration has paused SpaceX's the launch of its Starship rocket as the U.S. agency oversees an ...

Space on MSN1d

SpaceX Starship Explosion Likely Caused by Propellant Leak, Elon Musk Says

The seventh test flight of SpaceX’s Starship ended with a successful landing of the rocket’s first stage but also the loss of ...

1don MSN

SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket repeats spectacular 'chopsticks' catch but loses new-generation spaceship on its 1st flight

SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket for the seventh time. It achieve an epic booster catch but the ship was lost.

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