After a successful liftoff and separation, SpaceX lost touch with Starship. A SpaceX official said an automated termination system onboard Starship was likely triggered, and the spacecraft appeared to have detonated. It was a mostly successful second outing for SpaceX’s next-generation Starship megarocket. The nearly 400-foot-tall unscrewed rocket lifted off at 8 am ET, and while SpaceX pulled off several major objectives, they ultimately lost contact with Starship around 10 minutes after takeoff. Few details are known at this time, but during a livestream of the event, one SpaceX official said an automated termination system onboard Starship was likely triggered, … Continue reading SpaceX’s Starship Faces Unexpected Detonation Mid-Flight: A Bold Leap with a Sudden End