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.





