Starship’s Flight Test 8 Ends in Disaster for SpaceX: They Did Catch the Booster Though

SpaceX Starship Flight Test 8 was only partially successful, catching the booster for the third time. However, the ship’s Raptor engines failed, causing Starship to spin out of control at the edge of space.

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0:00 Starship Launch
1:15 Maximun Dynamic Pressure
2:16 Hot Staging
2:47 Booster returns to Earth
5:45 Super Heavy Booster catch
8:10 Ship spins out of control
9:22 SpaceX confirms they’ve lost the ship

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