SpaceX’s Starship Soars Before Stunning Ocean Blaze: Super Heavy Returns Safely in Test Flight Spectacle
Boca Chica, Texas — SpaceX’s latest high-altitude test of its mammoth Starship rocket ended in a dramatic explosion over the Atlantic Ocean near the Turks and Caicos Islands, minutes after a successful launch and partial recovery of its booster. The incident occurred during the seventh test flight of the spacecraft on Monday afternoon, which had initially seemed promising with a successful lift-off and midair capture of its first-stage booster by the launch tower’s mechanical “chopstick” …