SpaceX lost contact with its powerful Starship rocket over the Gulf of Mexico after its launch on Thursday.
“We lost contact with the ship, just like last time,” said SpaceX official Dan Huot, referring to a January launch in which the rocket’s upper stage exploded over the Caribbean, scattering debris.
RIP Starship Flight 8, just caught it exploding after a few engines cut off and it losing attitude control, viewed from Titusville, FL🚀 pic.twitter.com/VBBtApjsd7
— 📸Trevor Mahlmann🚀 (@TrevorMahlmann) March 6, 2025
Minutes after the failure several videos on social media showed fireball-like debris of the spacecraft streaking through the dusk skies near south Florida and the Bahamas.
SpaceX catches back booster
However, the Starship test launch showed mixed results, after the booster was caught back.
Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! pic.twitter.com/JFeJSdnQ5x
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 6, 2025
Despite losing contact with the upper stage, SpaceX managed to return the huge booster stage to the launch tower – catching it with arms called “chopsticks.” It was the third time SpaceX completed the tricky engineering feat.
Shortly after liftoff and booster separation, live video showed the upper stage was tumbling out of control before the signal was lost.
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