Starship reached its intended trajectory after launch on May 27, but an attitude control issue doomed the ship, marking SpaceX's third consecutive failed flight test.
Credit: SpaceX
An upper-stage engine failure led to the premature demise of SpaceX’s eighth Starship flight test, the FAA said June 12 after reviewing the company’s investigation into the March 6 mishap. The probable root cause was “a hardware failure in one of the Raptor engines that resulted in inadvertent...
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