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SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster lost multiple engines during its boostback burn and crashed hard into the Gulf — the one clear failure of an otherwise strong flight
The Super Heavy booster was supposed to flip around, relight its engines, and fly back toward a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, multiple Raptor engines cut out during the boostback burn,
For the first time in 2026, SpaceX's massive Starship rocket launched on a critical mission that took it thundering halfway around the world.
The 12th test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket came to a dramatic close, with the spacecraft managing to complete a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean despite operating without one of its engines.