SpaceX's latest Starship launch ended in failure just minutes after takeoff from Texas, marking a significant setback for the company's Mars rocket efforts. The spacecraft began to spin uncontrollably, losing multiple engines before exploding in mid-air. This incident follows a previous failed flight just over a month ago, highlighting ongoing challenges in the Starship program. Despite the setback, SpaceX expressed optimism, emphasizing that lessons learned would contribute to improving the rocket's reliability in future missions.
"The failure comes just more than a month after the company's seventh Starship flight also ended in an explosive failure, indicating serious setbacks for a program Musk has sought to speed up this year."
"SpaceX's livestream showed the Starship upper stage spinning in space, while a visualization of the rocket's engines showed multiple engines shut down before the company confirmed it had lost contact with the ship."
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