SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday.
SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost communication with the uncrewed upper stage of the rocket that continues on into space.
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost communication with the upper stage of the rocket that continues on into space. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a warning to pilots of a "dangerous area for falling debris of rocket Starship," according to a"The FAA briefly slowed and diverted aircraft around the area where space vehicle debris was falling. Normal operations have resumed," the regulator said in a statement.
Before losing communication, Starship was set to reach space and then travel halfway around the Earth before reentering the atmosphere and splashing down in the Indian Ocean about an hour after liftoff. Starship itself, at 171 feet tall, has six Raptor engines — three for use while in the Earth's atmosphere and three for operating in the vacuum of space.
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