SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. Eric Gay/AP
Eric Gay/AP
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, catching the booster back at the pad but losing contact with the ascending spacecraft as engines went out.
Officials for Elon Musk’s company said the spacecraft was destroyed.
The spacecraft was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico on a near loop around the world similar to previous test flights. SpaceX had packed it with 10 dummy satellites for practice at releasing them. It was the first