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Starship upper stage lost on seventh test flight, debris seen spewing in sky
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Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn, SpaceX said.
The spacecraft's six engines appeared to shut down one by one, with contact lost just 8 1/2 minutes into the flight, SpaceX said. Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
"Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn," SpaceX said in a statement. "Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause. With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today’s flight will help us improve Starship’s reliability."
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