The eighth test flight of a SpaceX Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas, on March 6, and ended in partial success, with the spacecraft broken down before reaching its targeted orbit and its booster returning to the launch tower with precision.
Elon Musk’s behemoth dream of reusable space travel features two parts: a super-heavy booster and a six-engine Starship spacecraft, which, in this test, was bound for orbit loaded with prototype next-generation Starlink satellites.
The initial launch up and over the Gulf of America was a success, with all 33 raptor engines lighting and its trajectory remaining steady as it passed the point of maximum dynamic pressure placed on the vehicle….