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Starship Flight Test 7 Ends Spectacularly

Starship Flight Test 7 Ends Spectacularly

Upper Stage Experienced a "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly"

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Jan 17, 2025
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The first Starship flight test of 2025 flew with ambitious goals: seeking to repeat our previous success of launching and catching the world’s most powerful launch vehicle while putting a redesigned and upgraded Starship through a rigorous set of flight demonstrations.

“Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the shi…

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