Inching Closer: SpaceX Starship Flight 9

Both Booster and Ship Lost, but Orbital Altitude Achieved

Fly, Learn, Repeat. There will be a lot for SpaceX to learn from the ninth test flight of Starship, which ended with the loss of both the booster and 'Ship'.

"Starship made it to the scheduled ship engine cutoff, so big improvement over last flight."
Elon Musk, SpaceX

"With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today’s test will help us…