SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the seventh time ever today (Jan. 16). The launch was beautiful (as usual for these Super Heavy rockets).
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| SpaceX's seventh Starship megarocket launches on a test flight on Jan. 16, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX) |
One of the goals of this test flight was to catch Starship's giant first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, back at Starbase's launch tower, using the structure's "chopstick" arms, which was accomplished back in October of last year for the first time during flight #5. SpaceX succeeded in doing so once again (see video at MSN).
But approximately eight minutes into the flight, SpaceX lost contact with the Starship upper stage, known as Ship and it went out with a bang. Preliminary analysis has indicated that some sort of pressure build up in the craft caused the explosion (video).
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