US EditionRapid Unscheduled Disassembly: Musk's Starship Hits Turbulence Again
- On May 28, 2025, SpaceX conducted the ninth test mission of its Starship vehicle from Starbase, Texas, but the spacecraft lost control during re-entry and disintegrated.
- The flight followed previous failures caused by fuel leaks and propulsion issues, with this test using a recycled Super Heavy booster for the first time.
- Starship flew farther than in past attempts, coasting through space before spinning uncontrollably due to leaking fuel that prevented re-orientation for re-entry and satellite deployment.
- SpaceX described the event as a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" and confirmed the booster exploded before splashdown, while promising a faster launch cadence of one every three to four weeks.
- The failure provides data to improve Starship’s reliability, critical for NASA’s Artemis 3 mission aiming to return astronauts to the Moon by 2027.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket blows up in latest embarrassing failure
Elon Musk suffered a humiliating failure as the latest test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket ended with it blowing up. Musk hopes that the Starship rocket will one day be used to ferry people and cargo to Mars. However, his dreams have been thrown into doubt with the latest failure, the third in a row for the SpaceX rocket. The StarShip prototype blasted off from SpaceX’s launch site near Boca Chica, Texas just after 6.30pm local time on Tuesd…
SpaceX rocket experiences 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' during test flight
The latest disassembly marked the third time that a SpaceX rocket exploded during test flights. The first incident occurred in January, and the second occurred in March, which saw the rocket disassemble just minutes after take-off.
Elon Boasts of Huge Starship Improvements Immediately Before It Blows Up Spectacularly
SpaceX experienced yet another failure during its ninth test launch of its Starship vehicle Tuesday evening. The rocket spun out of control as it tumbled through space, causing it to make an uncontrolled descent in the Indian Ocean that ended in an all-too-familiar blast. As is always the case after a failure, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was optimistic. During an interview with Ars Technica's Eric Berger, published mere minutes before the launch of Tue…
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