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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.

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Starship test flight fails SpaceX's port in Texas; booster lands safely

The Starship spacecraft lost contact with the base on Thursday and broke apart in the air during its seventh test flight. However, for the second time, the landing of the first stage of the Super Heavy booster rocket was successful,

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

SpaceX loses spacecraft after successful booster catch in Starship test

SpaceX said the ship experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn,” moments after a dramatic, successful booster catch at the launchpad.

SpaceX Starship debris streaks across skies

Space on MSN · 14h

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 the Starship vehicle

USA TODAY on MSN · 9h

SpaceX Starship debris streaks across skies after midair explosion

Witnesses spotted debris from a SpaceX Starship after the spacecraft exploded midair following a test flight from south Texas.

U.S. News & World Report · 12h

US FAA Opens Probe Into SpaceX's Starship Explosion

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it will oversee an investigation by Elon Musk's SpaceX into an explosive Starship test flight the previous day that forced airlines to divert dozens of flights to avoid debris.

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Regulators are investigating reports of property damage from SpaceX Starship’s explosion

US regulators and government officials in Turks and Caicos are looking into reports of property damage in the island nation ...

CBS News2d

SpaceX pushes Starship test flight back one day due to weather

That will set the stage for the Super Heavy-Starship launch from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, manufacturing and flight test facility at 5 p.m. EST, weather permitting. The Super ...

Digital Trends3d

Will SpaceX’s Starship be able to repeat this awesome feat on Wednesday?

As with the previous six flights, SpaceX will launch the 120-meter-tall Starship — which consists of the first-stage Super Heavy booster and the upper stage Starship spacecraft — from its ...

CNN24d

Why sonic booms from the most powerful rocket ever built have some scientists worried

So far, the company has conducted six test flights of a fully stacked Starship rocket from the area, but so far only the October flight — Flight 5 — has had a Super Heavy booster return for ...

Orlando Sentinel2d

SpaceX pushes 1st Starship test launch attempt to Thursday

SpaceX is ready to send up its first test flight of the year for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas, but delayed it one day to Thursday, when the company will once again go for a ...

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