SpaceX loses Starship spacecraft in eighth flight test

NAMPA / Xinhua
2025-03-07
LOS ANGELES, March 6 (Xinhua) -- SpaceX launched the eighth test flight of its giant Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact with its spacecraft shortly after launch. Starship took off from the company's Starbase facility near Brownsville in the U.S. state of Texas at about 5:30 p.m. Central Time. About seven minutes after liftoff, the rocket's Super Heavy booster successfully returned to launch site for a "chopsticks" catch -- catchi......
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