SpaceX’s Starship rockets are grounded pending investigation after test flight

SpaceX Starship launches are on hold pending an investigation into last week’s test flight. The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that the spaceflight resulted in a mishap. Minutes after Starship blasted off from Texas on Friday, the first-stage booster separated as normal but engines conked out as it made its way back to Earth. Instead of a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, the booster came in hard. The FAA says there were no reports of injury or property damage. The 407-foot rocket is SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s biggest and most powerful Starship yet.

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