After a failed mission in January, SpaceX on Thursday launched its eighth suborbital flight test of its fully integrated Starship megarocket, a combination of the ship's upper stage (S34) and the Super Heavy booster (B15), at Starbase in Boca Chica Beach, Texas.
Unfortunately, history repeated itself when Starship's upper stage made it into space only to start spinning uncontrollably before losing contact and breaking apart, sending debris cascading back to earth early Thursday evening.
One of the goals of the flight was to catch the Super Heavy booster using the chopsticks on the launch tower, which was completed successfully.
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SpaceX Starship megarocket upper stage lost again during 8th test flight; booster catch is successful
- by: Alexandra Koch
- 03/07/2025
- Source:
FOX Business
- 03/07/2025
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