From CNET: The highly anticipated May 27 test flight of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft ended with the company's third mission failure in a row, after explosions in January and March.
SpaceX's ninth test flight since 2023 used a heavy rocket booster recovered from a previous test flight. This time, Starship got further than the previous two test flights, but contact was lost with the spacecraft and it spun out of control, re-entered Earth's atmosphere and broke up.
In a post on X, SpaceX said: "As if the flight test was not exciting enough, Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly. Teams will continue to review data and work toward our next flight test. With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today's test will help us improve Starship's reliability as SpaceX seeks to make life multiplanetary."
The FAA will require SpaceX to file paperwork on what went wrong and what it will do to protect public safety for its next launch. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he expects approvals for future flights to be speedier.
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