Source: Bloomberg
“SpaceX’s colossal Starship rocket blasted off on Tuesday in a key test of the Elon Musk-led company’s ability to bounce back from explosive failures during its previous two test flights. The launch system, comprised of the Starship upper portion and its Super Heavy booster, thundered off the company’s launchpad in South Texas at around 6:36 p.m. local time. As Starship lifted off on its mission, around 1.1 million people tuned in on X. A few minutes into the flight, the recycled Super Heavy booster separated from the Starship upper portion and fired its engines. But as it maneuvered itself into position and fell back to Earth, it suffered an apparent problem and exploded …. SpaceX then appeared to fall short of another key milestone planned for the mission: using Starship to deploy a slate of dummy satellites in space.” (05/28/25)