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SpaceX launches first flight-proven Super Heavy booster, loses control of Starship mid-flight
- SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 mission on May 27, 2025, experienced difficulties, losing control over its orientation 20 minutes into the flight.
- The upper stage of the Starship rocket began to spin and leaked main tank pressure during the coast and re-entry phase.
- Elon Musk mentioned improvements and noted the mission provided valuable data despite the setbacks during Starship Flight 9.
- The Federal Aviation Administration is actively working with SpaceX to investigate the anomaly that occurred during the mission.
- SpaceX faced issues including losing attitude control and a problem with the payload bay door during the flight.
- Musk spoke about solving issues with the upper stage, aiming to debut the third version of Raptor engines by the end of the year.
- Despite setbacks, SpaceX launched its first flight-proven Super Heavy booster with B14 during Starship Flight 9.
- The Super Heavy booster, with 29 out of 33 Raptor engines reused, exploded during its landing burn.
- SpaceX plans to increase launch cadence for the next three flights, aiming for one launch every three to four weeks.
- Jared Isaacman praised SpaceX's transparency and efforts in pushing forward space exploration despite challenges faced during the mission.
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