A newly released photo from SpaceX shows the dramatic moment when the upper-stage Starship separated as planned from the first-stage Super Heavy booster.
In the days following Tuesday’s flight, the Elon Musk-led spaceflight company has been dropping various images of the mission on social media, with one of the latest pictures showing the dramatic moment when the upper-stage Starship spacecraft separated as planned from the first-stage Super Heavy booster.
The Super Heavy, meanwhile, reduced power and began its descent. The hope was that the 70-meter-tall booster would repeat the awesome feat of the previous test flight in October when two giant mechanical arms on the launch tower secured the rocket as it returned to Earth. But a late issue not with the rocket but with the catching mechanism prompted mission controllers to send the Super Heavy away from the landing site in Boca Chica, Texas, and into the ocean.
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